Two days ago, my 8 year old blue heeler was diagnosed with diabetes. He was so sick that he went to go to a special canine hospital. They didn't know if he was going to survive. I have never cried so much. Today we went to visit him and he will come home on Sat if all is okay. I didn't like the doctors. They were just "matter of fact" another words, no bedside manner but yet they want $3,500.00 when we pick him up which is beside the point. I know that after he comes home will be challenging with the insulin injections. They said he would go blind which is real upsetting to me. I have done a lot of surfing the internet in the last 24 hours and have obtained a lot of information. I know that our budget will now include insulin which the doctor said was about $60.00 per month so he says. We already had him on a veggie diet which we will continue and his normal exercise.Thanks for reading. LOL
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About Jack - Blue Heeler diagnosed Oct 2008
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Re: About Jack
Good evening!
I put a copy of your thread on the main diabetes discussion forum (http://www.k9diabetes.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2) and wrote you a reply there. That's usually the first place everybody looks for posts about diabetic dogs so I wanted everyone to get a chance to meet you and Jack and respond.
This post should stay too, though, as it will be a great place to keep a record of Jack's diabetes journey so his experience can help others down the road.
Natalie
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