Hi all,
Just wanted to bounce a couple things off everyone. Have had a few issues with Nash.
Today, after taking a nap, I noticed that his left eye, inner lower lid was raised up nearly covering his eye. I put some moisturizing eye drops in them, but it's still up. I've never had eye problems with him, but he is blind and diabetic, so any advise would be appreciated. Of course, I'll have to take him to the Vet on Monday if things are still the same. I remember from several of you that there is some dry eye situation that blind diabetic's can get. So......I'll need to research that also.
The other issue is his excessive drinking today. He started out in the AM and drank his whole bowl of water. Then he drank another one this afternoon (this is a LARGE bowl). And then within 20 minutes of the 2nd one he peed a gallon in my hall, through my rug, onto the wood floor. I'm not surprised at how much. Just concerned that he is drinking so much.
So, I tested him at 2:15 PM. I figured he'd be high. He was feed at about 7:15 this morning and given 10.5 units of insulin. But, he was at 162. At 4:45, he was at 136 (9 1/2 hours post AM shot). I had to run to Walmart and get strips because I was then out. He was feed at 7:15 when I got back, and his fasting bg was 264.
So obviously the drinking/peeing issues aren't related to high bgs. I'll test him again in a couple hours.....just to see. I was just so sure I'd see high numbers after all the drinking and peeing. We've continued to let him drink what he wants, and hope to not have anymore indoor accidents. So, we've been letting him out about every 20 minutes.
Maybe it's just an off day. I know I've been drinking a lot more because it's so much drier, and I wake up with cotton mouth. But, he's very restless tonight, and I know he's not right today.
Thanks for listening.
Just wanted to bounce a couple things off everyone. Have had a few issues with Nash.
Today, after taking a nap, I noticed that his left eye, inner lower lid was raised up nearly covering his eye. I put some moisturizing eye drops in them, but it's still up. I've never had eye problems with him, but he is blind and diabetic, so any advise would be appreciated. Of course, I'll have to take him to the Vet on Monday if things are still the same. I remember from several of you that there is some dry eye situation that blind diabetic's can get. So......I'll need to research that also.
The other issue is his excessive drinking today. He started out in the AM and drank his whole bowl of water. Then he drank another one this afternoon (this is a LARGE bowl). And then within 20 minutes of the 2nd one he peed a gallon in my hall, through my rug, onto the wood floor. I'm not surprised at how much. Just concerned that he is drinking so much.
So, I tested him at 2:15 PM. I figured he'd be high. He was feed at about 7:15 this morning and given 10.5 units of insulin. But, he was at 162. At 4:45, he was at 136 (9 1/2 hours post AM shot). I had to run to Walmart and get strips because I was then out. He was feed at 7:15 when I got back, and his fasting bg was 264.
So obviously the drinking/peeing issues aren't related to high bgs. I'll test him again in a couple hours.....just to see. I was just so sure I'd see high numbers after all the drinking and peeing. We've continued to let him drink what he wants, and hope to not have anymore indoor accidents. So, we've been letting him out about every 20 minutes.
Maybe it's just an off day. I know I've been drinking a lot more because it's so much drier, and I wake up with cotton mouth. But, he's very restless tonight, and I know he's not right today.
Thanks for listening.
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