DKA can come on quickly, when you can I would get a ketone meter, which will let you know exactly where you are. A cat that is fighting high ketones...
Oh Sue life is the pits sometimes . . . my prayers are with you and your family. I wasn't going to say anything because I don't have the words to...
I always read the posts on ketones and DKA, where my Payne lived . . . . you can spend your time beating yourself up over something that is very,...
My Payne was Dx in 2010 and I had a mentor from here who was one of the "old timers" :) She would yell at me and I would feel so bad, but she was...
Re: Update:ketonic, not Pancreatitis, hospitalized. Just wanted to post good thoughts to you and Tillman from someone who has been there FOUR times...
Just a thought but that's a LOT of insulin! I use PZI and my cat uses high doses of insulin. I shoot 3x a day and test before each shot. You need to...
There is nothing worse than a cat that feels great getting poked and prodded :) AND there is nothing like going into a post with one opinion and to...
Around her DKAs I used R quite a lot, sometimes 1u 3x a day, so I am very experienced with using it, and normally 1u is needed to move the #s. On the...
I posted before I saw your post Carl, I shoot according to her pre-shot # and I can't predict when she will go low, it seems I have lived in the...
Thank you for the responses and now I have no idea what is going on :) I thought it was a sputtering pancreas and now, I don't know .... I feel like...
Even though I use PZI I am posting here because I need your collective minds and know they are here, you may remember me and my Payne from when we...
No ketones makes everything so much easier! Congrats! (you should try and test daily for awhile) Nancy
I'm so glad you are seeing a response to the insulin, don't forget to check for ketones it is really important in a cat who has been DKA ..... you...
I would start with the 1u and test before every shot, PZI will let you adjust the dose within a certain degree. You also need to test for ketones...
Yes, we all LOVE yellows! Bob will come around, he did once and will again. Yes TID helps level it all out .... we have been doing for 3 yrs. now :)...
Re: Bob - PMPS ~ 413 Carl, how is it going? Give us an update ((((hugs)))))!!!! Nancy
Carl I was always so jealous Bob went off the juice so fast BUT I'm past that! I hope you turn this around quickly again. Of course you could have...
I used UC Davis for the first year of Payne's diabetic life. She was Dx at Davis and immediately went into DKA and EVERY expert saw her while she...
It's late and I just saw your post in grief, I am so sorry, I remember every day of your long fight. May all the love and peace be with you, you were...
