Wow, where to start.
I guess it's been about a month, we have had some ups and downs for sure. Mandy has decided that she isn't going to eat in the mornings anymore, I have tried everything, doesn't matter what her BG is, if I take her for a walk before, she just isn't having it. This is causing a huge problem with insulin. Sometimes I can get her to eat some chicken breast and some of the hard food, or I resort to melting cheese over the food and she will eat a little more.
I was getting very worried about Mandy's hind leg weakness, it seems to be getting worse and not better, but she still has very high BG's at times so I know this is part of the problem. I decided to start giving Mandy insulin even if she doesn't eat, usually around 8-10 units, her norm is 14, but when doing this I really have to watch her, even with 5 units she will crash about 6-8 hours later and I have to feed her something, this usually levels her out until feeding time at 8pm, but the next morning she is really high, figuring the treat at around 6pm and then food at 8 pm. I do get scared when I see her hit those lows and probably give her too much.
Last night I fell asleep on the couch and woke up at about 5pm, Mandy ate very little yesterday morning so I knew she would go low, I woke up and went to test her and I couldn't get any blood, she started twitching and shaking, I was able to get the karyo into her mouth and feed her a little bowl of Avo derm baked formula, it's all she will eat when she gets like that, it's gotta be high in carbs. I was so scared, I thought I lost her, she twitched for about 10 minutes, me and my husband were in tears. But she is ok now, I caught it just in time. This not eating is killing me again, I have no idea why, she IS hungry, that I know, she just does not want that food, she is tired of the Orijen and chicken breast, but she eats fine at night, never misses.
If she won't eat in the AM, then I can't get her under control, so far no UTI's that I can see. Haven't taken her back over the heart murmur, just can't do it right now, thank god for my sister who brought me 100 one touch strips, or I wouldn't even be able to do that. Times are hard and getting worse, I hope my husband finds a job soon, we aren't going to make it much longer, no deals closing on my end, Real Estate sucks, I'm over it, tired of beating my head against the wall. And to top it all off, I have been soo sick, I have a terrible infection due to sinus or whatever, they don't know. I never bat an eye spending on Mandy, but I don't like spending on myself. So... I am feeling terrible, in a fog. Worried about Mandy. Doing the best I can.
I guess it's been about a month, we have had some ups and downs for sure. Mandy has decided that she isn't going to eat in the mornings anymore, I have tried everything, doesn't matter what her BG is, if I take her for a walk before, she just isn't having it. This is causing a huge problem with insulin. Sometimes I can get her to eat some chicken breast and some of the hard food, or I resort to melting cheese over the food and she will eat a little more.
I was getting very worried about Mandy's hind leg weakness, it seems to be getting worse and not better, but she still has very high BG's at times so I know this is part of the problem. I decided to start giving Mandy insulin even if she doesn't eat, usually around 8-10 units, her norm is 14, but when doing this I really have to watch her, even with 5 units she will crash about 6-8 hours later and I have to feed her something, this usually levels her out until feeding time at 8pm, but the next morning she is really high, figuring the treat at around 6pm and then food at 8 pm. I do get scared when I see her hit those lows and probably give her too much.
Last night I fell asleep on the couch and woke up at about 5pm, Mandy ate very little yesterday morning so I knew she would go low, I woke up and went to test her and I couldn't get any blood, she started twitching and shaking, I was able to get the karyo into her mouth and feed her a little bowl of Avo derm baked formula, it's all she will eat when she gets like that, it's gotta be high in carbs. I was so scared, I thought I lost her, she twitched for about 10 minutes, me and my husband were in tears. But she is ok now, I caught it just in time. This not eating is killing me again, I have no idea why, she IS hungry, that I know, she just does not want that food, she is tired of the Orijen and chicken breast, but she eats fine at night, never misses.
If she won't eat in the AM, then I can't get her under control, so far no UTI's that I can see. Haven't taken her back over the heart murmur, just can't do it right now, thank god for my sister who brought me 100 one touch strips, or I wouldn't even be able to do that. Times are hard and getting worse, I hope my husband finds a job soon, we aren't going to make it much longer, no deals closing on my end, Real Estate sucks, I'm over it, tired of beating my head against the wall. And to top it all off, I have been soo sick, I have a terrible infection due to sinus or whatever, they don't know. I never bat an eye spending on Mandy, but I don't like spending on myself. So... I am feeling terrible, in a fog. Worried about Mandy. Doing the best I can.
