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dancerjodi) wrote2002-03-29 10:47 am
dancerjodi) wrote2002-03-29 10:47 am
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Max
I just talked with the vet, Max had another curve test yesterday in which they measure his blood sugar every couple of hours and see how the insulin is effecting him. He's really high in the morning, normal during the day and then the sugar starts to pick up late in the day around dinner time. We need to continue with the routine for the next 2 weeks until his next curve and see how things are going.
She asked how he had been doing at home - he's drinking less water than before but still too much (I'm still changing his litter box 2x a week which is not normal for only one cat with the special kind of litter we use).
The vet said that if his blood hasn't gotten closer to normal in the next two weeks before his next curve we'll need to give him insulin 2x a day - that means that one of us HAS to be home each day at 7:30 AM and 6:00 PM in order to give him the shot. That means no sleeping late on the weekends, no going away over the weekends, no vacations (unless we find a kennel-type place that we trust that will also give injections) and no day-trips.
I asked about the permanence thing - how she had told me that this could all be temporary because of the steroid. The answer "well if this continues for 2-3 more months we can probably be sure that it will be with him for life".
I don't know if I can do this - but I don't know if I can do the alternative either. I had always thought that the end would come like it had with other cats of mine: quickly through either old age (just going outside and going to sleep) or through a sudden illness.
I really don't know what to do . . . and I REALLY don't want to be at work right now.
She asked how he had been doing at home - he's drinking less water than before but still too much (I'm still changing his litter box 2x a week which is not normal for only one cat with the special kind of litter we use).
The vet said that if his blood hasn't gotten closer to normal in the next two weeks before his next curve we'll need to give him insulin 2x a day - that means that one of us HAS to be home each day at 7:30 AM and 6:00 PM in order to give him the shot. That means no sleeping late on the weekends, no going away over the weekends, no vacations (unless we find a kennel-type place that we trust that will also give injections) and no day-trips.
I asked about the permanence thing - how she had told me that this could all be temporary because of the steroid. The answer "well if this continues for 2-3 more months we can probably be sure that it will be with him for life".
I don't know if I can do this - but I don't know if I can do the alternative either. I had always thought that the end would come like it had with other cats of mine: quickly through either old age (just going outside and going to sleep) or through a sudden illness.
I really don't know what to do . . . and I REALLY don't want to be at work right now.