Short Story;
3/18: Took Cadbury to vet for a consultation, suspected diabetic after exam.
3/19: Confirmed Diabetic (High glucose in blood and urine)
- Signs of potential kidney issues or dehydration from diabetes causing it
- Prescribed 9u NPH insulin 2x daily (12 hours apart, 1/2 hour after feeding)
- Prescribed a Kidney-friendly diet (have not looked into yet)
- Scheduled glucose curve for next Friday (25th) w/vet
- Ordered the AlphaTrak w/same day delivery (thanks Amazon)
- Found Novolin N @ Walmart for $25/vial (thanks Walmart)
- Fed Cadbury at 5:45p (mix of dry & canned - roughly 2 cups)
- Administered first insulin shot @ 6:15p
- AlphaTrak came at 6:30p...would have liked to taken a pre-meal reading
- Cadbury threw up (what looks like) all of his dinner @ 8p
- Frantically setup AlphaTrak and got our first reading @ 8:25p = 566 mg/dL
Needless to say, day 1 of treatment is not going as planned and we're a bit freaked out! I expected a high reading but we're worried about what's to come. We didn't consider the throwing up scenario and it's Saturday night. The insulin is not near it's "peaking" hour and we're worried it's going to bring his numbers really low now that his food is no longer in him! I plan to take another reading around 10:30p and set an alarm for a few hours after that to get another reading and monitor his condition. I don't really want to attempt to make him eat again and he hasn't puked his food up like this in a very long time.
Any other suggestions or am I on the right track?
This community looks awesome and I have been reading for hours...Thanks to all who is part of this!
- Justin, Alex & Cadbury
Cadbury's History:
Name: Cadbury
Breed: Chocolate Lab
Age: Will be 9 years old next week
Medications: Was on Temaril-P for 9 - 10 months in the last year. Stopped mid Feb 2016. (was for lick granuloma)
Healthy eater - Blue Buffalo 4 cups day (no human food)
Cadbury's symptoms;
- Noticeable increase in water intake over the last 30+ days.
- Weight loss was evident although food consumption was somewhat normal (3-4 weeks)
- No longer pulling during walks/bike ride, now is trailing (~2 weeks)
- Has become very lethargic and sleepy (~2 weeks)
- No longer jumping on bed/couch (~1 week)
- Loss of interest in all of his toys except ball (~1 week)
- Can not run (~1 week) - was running 30 days ago...
3/18: Vet visit ahead of scheduled annuals (due in mid-Apr). We took him in early because he hasn't been himself lately
- Weighed in at 73 lbs (last weight in was 96 lbs 4/2015)
- Vet took some samples and did physical exam
- Vet suspected he was diabetic which we had not even considered
- Left freaked out
3/18: Took Cadbury to vet for a consultation, suspected diabetic after exam.
3/19: Confirmed Diabetic (High glucose in blood and urine)
- Signs of potential kidney issues or dehydration from diabetes causing it
- Prescribed 9u NPH insulin 2x daily (12 hours apart, 1/2 hour after feeding)
- Prescribed a Kidney-friendly diet (have not looked into yet)
- Scheduled glucose curve for next Friday (25th) w/vet
- Ordered the AlphaTrak w/same day delivery (thanks Amazon)
- Found Novolin N @ Walmart for $25/vial (thanks Walmart)
- Fed Cadbury at 5:45p (mix of dry & canned - roughly 2 cups)
- Administered first insulin shot @ 6:15p
- AlphaTrak came at 6:30p...would have liked to taken a pre-meal reading
- Cadbury threw up (what looks like) all of his dinner @ 8p
- Frantically setup AlphaTrak and got our first reading @ 8:25p = 566 mg/dL
Needless to say, day 1 of treatment is not going as planned and we're a bit freaked out! I expected a high reading but we're worried about what's to come. We didn't consider the throwing up scenario and it's Saturday night. The insulin is not near it's "peaking" hour and we're worried it's going to bring his numbers really low now that his food is no longer in him! I plan to take another reading around 10:30p and set an alarm for a few hours after that to get another reading and monitor his condition. I don't really want to attempt to make him eat again and he hasn't puked his food up like this in a very long time.
Any other suggestions or am I on the right track?
This community looks awesome and I have been reading for hours...Thanks to all who is part of this!
- Justin, Alex & Cadbury
Cadbury's History:
Name: Cadbury
Breed: Chocolate Lab
Age: Will be 9 years old next week
Medications: Was on Temaril-P for 9 - 10 months in the last year. Stopped mid Feb 2016. (was for lick granuloma)
Healthy eater - Blue Buffalo 4 cups day (no human food)
Cadbury's symptoms;
- Noticeable increase in water intake over the last 30+ days.
- Weight loss was evident although food consumption was somewhat normal (3-4 weeks)
- No longer pulling during walks/bike ride, now is trailing (~2 weeks)
- Has become very lethargic and sleepy (~2 weeks)
- No longer jumping on bed/couch (~1 week)
- Loss of interest in all of his toys except ball (~1 week)
- Can not run (~1 week) - was running 30 days ago...
3/18: Vet visit ahead of scheduled annuals (due in mid-Apr). We took him in early because he hasn't been himself lately
- Weighed in at 73 lbs (last weight in was 96 lbs 4/2015)
- Vet took some samples and did physical exam
- Vet suspected he was diabetic which we had not even considered
- Left freaked out
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