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Hello everyone -
I'll give a short background first -
Pomeranian
9 years
diagnosed May of this year (May 2021)
May of 2021 - weight 18 pounds
He is a long and tall Pomeranian. Not a normal size at all. He fits the description of a throwback Pom
I won't go into detail about how dramatic our diabetes discovery was for our little guy but our journey began in a crazy way.
His weight from the time he was 4 to 5 years old had gotten as high as 24 pounds. He is a vey aggressive eater. He actually had a very bad pancreatic attack at 7 years old.
We put him on Hill's Perfect Weight and got his weight down to 20 pounds. He stayed at 20 pounds for a good while. Again he is a big eater and we fought to keep him down to 20 and were trying for 18.
At his yearly check up in 2020 he was 19.5 pounds.
In May of this year, he began drinking and urinating excessively. We took him in and sure enough he had diabetes. We also had him tested for Cushings and he tested at a high normal range.
He began his insulin and immediately he began feeling and acting better.
Basically in May his numbers were as follows:
4 units
Morning test - 400
Mid Day - 225
Afternoon 565
The vet moved him to 4.5
A few weeks later his numbers were similar as above yet he was still drinking ALOT
He was put on 5 units and within a few days was quite regulated.
He has been doing great. The 5 units seems to be the right dose.
I had suspicions that he may have been losing weight.
I scheduled a curves day and consultation.
I dropped him off yesterday and the following are his current numbers.
His weight was at 15 pounds - quite shocking!
6:00 AM - 5 units and his breakfast of Hills m/d mixed with perfect weight.
8:30 325
10:30 106
12 79
1:30 151
3:30 495
5:30 622
Wow what a swing in numbers. The Vet is keeping him on everything the same except adding in a treat or so around mid day to keep the mid day number up a bit.
She wants a bit more food in the morning and evening to see if he gains some weight.
She did not seem extremely concerned with the high numbers except for we will keep an eye on things.
I'm due to take him back for another curves day and weight check in in 1 month.
I'm not one to just sit and wait so I'm posting here for some feedback as I'm not experienced in this and I know you all can give some great comments.
Thank you for reading!
I'll give a short background first -
Pomeranian
9 years
diagnosed May of this year (May 2021)
May of 2021 - weight 18 pounds
He is a long and tall Pomeranian. Not a normal size at all. He fits the description of a throwback Pom
I won't go into detail about how dramatic our diabetes discovery was for our little guy but our journey began in a crazy way.
His weight from the time he was 4 to 5 years old had gotten as high as 24 pounds. He is a vey aggressive eater. He actually had a very bad pancreatic attack at 7 years old.
We put him on Hill's Perfect Weight and got his weight down to 20 pounds. He stayed at 20 pounds for a good while. Again he is a big eater and we fought to keep him down to 20 and were trying for 18.
At his yearly check up in 2020 he was 19.5 pounds.
In May of this year, he began drinking and urinating excessively. We took him in and sure enough he had diabetes. We also had him tested for Cushings and he tested at a high normal range.
He began his insulin and immediately he began feeling and acting better.
Basically in May his numbers were as follows:
4 units
Morning test - 400
Mid Day - 225
Afternoon 565
The vet moved him to 4.5
A few weeks later his numbers were similar as above yet he was still drinking ALOT
He was put on 5 units and within a few days was quite regulated.
He has been doing great. The 5 units seems to be the right dose.
I had suspicions that he may have been losing weight.
I scheduled a curves day and consultation.
I dropped him off yesterday and the following are his current numbers.
His weight was at 15 pounds - quite shocking!
6:00 AM - 5 units and his breakfast of Hills m/d mixed with perfect weight.
8:30 325
10:30 106
12 79
1:30 151
3:30 495
5:30 622
Wow what a swing in numbers. The Vet is keeping him on everything the same except adding in a treat or so around mid day to keep the mid day number up a bit.
She wants a bit more food in the morning and evening to see if he gains some weight.
She did not seem extremely concerned with the high numbers except for we will keep an eye on things.
I'm due to take him back for another curves day and weight check in in 1 month.
I'm not one to just sit and wait so I'm posting here for some feedback as I'm not experienced in this and I know you all can give some great comments.
Thank you for reading!
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