Calloway's glucose STILL high at 469 on Feb 13th :(

[jennielynn1970]

Was back to the vet today to do a glucose check. Ugh. STILL high. 469. This is with strict food consumption and only minimal treats. We're going from 5 to 6 units of insulin twice a day. His weight stayed about the same (16lbs 15oz), so that is a good thing. Don't want him to be losing or gaining anything major.

Now just to get this glucose dealt with. The vet wants to see him more frequently and try to be a little more aggressive (once a week).

She did say I can give him baby food as a treat as well, so I can always try that the next time I go shopping this weekend.


I talked to a colleague at school who is diabetic, and he wears an insulin pump (I'm guessing his is pretty serious for him to have that at such a young age.. maybe 30). He said his glucose, at the worst, hit 1000 and he lost his vision for 2 weeks because of the drastic measures they took. They got his glucose down within one hour, but the dosage was so high it put his body into shock and his vision went. How scary is that?!! He said his glucose was up and down a lot. One day a piece of pizza was fine for him to eat, the next day it made his glucose go through the roof. It was like no rhyme or reason. He was surprised that a cat could be diabetic, but he was very sympathetic about it.


Send up some prayers please that we can get his glucose down.

[nepeta]

Has your vet run a glucose curve on him? It might help


See for example
http://www.caninsulin.com/monitoring...ose-curves.asp

or


http://www.peteducation.com/article....1+2130&aid=256

[Moesha]

I'm sorry to hear this about Calloway. Is it coming down? What was it the last time it had been checked? I can't remember if we checked Morgan's every week or every two weeks. Getting the right dosage is the hard part. I'm glad that they are going to check it more frequently.

[jennielynn1970]

It has been between 400 and 470 almost every time we go! It's never below 400. It's just really frustrating when you're doing all they tell you to do, and it still doesn't get any better.

He's sleeping now, like a sweetheart, and got a little bit of treats when we got home (had to wait almost 45 for the vet to get back from lunch to get the insulin and syringes and tell us what to increase the dosage to). I figured he earned them, lol, and she said some treats were ok.

[Moesha]

It has been between 400 and 470 almost every time we go! It's never below 400. It's just really frustrating when you're doing all they tell you to do, and it still doesn't get any better.

I know. The important thing is to keep doing exactly what you are doing. Keep that diet consistent then the only thing that will change it the amount of insulin. Hopefully eventually you'll see it coming down and hit the magic number that works for Calloway. Please remember we want to hear about how you and you sweet boy are doing. Keep us posted!

ETA: They did not do a curve on Morgan. I didn't even know anything about it until seeing it posted here.

[jennielynn1970]

Has your vet run a glucose curve on him? It might help


See for example
http://www.caninsulin.com/monitoring...ose-curves.asp

or


http://www.peteducation.com/article....1+2130&aid=256

They haven't suggested any kind of study on him since the first time we discovered he was diabetic, back in October.

[Medusa]

Add my name to the list of those who are praying for dear Calloway.

[jenluckenbach]

I am surprized they have not run an all day glucose curve (testing every couple of hours). That is what they did for my Y.Lee (the only experience I've had with diabetes).