Max

[dancerjodi]

So from yesterday we learned:
Max lost 1 pound in the last month
He has a heart murmur
His blood sugar is REALLY high

He goes back on Thursday and will stay overnight so that they can give him varying doses of insulin and test his blood every hour or so to figure out what he needs. The Vet told me that this may even be temporary - since he was given a steroid injection for asthma last month he may have been mildly diabetic and the steroid threw him off kilter (so we won't be giving him any injected steroids anymore, if the asthma acts up its pills from now on which are more mild).

Once they figure out what he needs to be normal again B and I will need to give him insulin shots at home; the frequency and duration of this routine is really up in the air and he'll be monitored either once a week or every other week to see how he's doing. The heart murmur - its the first time that the vet has noticed it and she's really concerned so while he'll be shot up and poked all day on Thursday he'll also be getting an ultrasound with the consulting veterinary cardiologist.

My poor kitty . . . At least they were able to diagnose something. I'm hoping that once the steroid has left his system things will get back to normal again, but we shall see!

Comments

[feline.livejournal.com]

Poor Max! Hopefuly, this is just temporary.