Well, it was a good ride, but we lost Soph on July 24th. Almost got to 4 years post surgery, but that wasn't to be. Looking back at things, she...
I guess no news is good news, eh? Sophie has been pretty stable, meds all at the same level, desmo shot once a day. Sometimes just settling into a...
Jeff, so far, it just seems that portion control is doing it. And cutting down on the human food goodies....
Amazingly, Sophie is no longer the porky girl she was just a few months ago. Portion control definitely has made a difference. Just had a vet visit...
Good idea, Jeff. Just shot off an email to Soph's surgeon, John McCue at AMC. I am sure he will be happy to hear about how she is doing..
Geez, just realized that I missed Soph's anniversary for her surgery. Can't believe its been 3 years. She is still a round girl, but I've decided...
More updates on Sophie. She is still on Desmo and we are back on the 36 hour cycle. I have resigned myself to her being on this the rest of her life....
Sophie had a vet visit recently, and I brought in a urine sample. The vet's SG was .008 different than the number I got. I went to my refractometer...
Oh well, it was too good to be true, but my refractometor calibration was .008 off. So she is definitely not even close to OTJ re: the Desmo, and we...
Sooo very close to OTJ. Just got a good clean sample at +94, 1.024. I am setting my benchmark at 1.026, so we are very close. Of course, I'd like her...
Was hoping that Soph would be allowing me to consistently extend time between shots longer, but not able to get any consistent pattern so far. In...
Just slowly plodding down the road to getting Soph off the desmo. We've been doing 5-6 days between shots. Just got a sample at +30 and sg was 1.032....
It's been 26 and a half months since her surgery. Dr. McCue indicated that 75% of the cats come off the Desmo within 3 weeks. He didn't mention any...
Girl decided to leave me a nice sample in the box this morning - sg 1.024!!! That was after close to 72 hrs since her last dose. I was dumbfounded....
Well, at this point, I am playing it by ear with Sophie. She doesn't seem to want to be on any fixed schedule for her Desmo shots. I just key off of...
Well, not OTJ yet. Stopped at 60 hrs in, still, she is giving me 1.022 -1.024 pretty late in the cycle. Just found a sample that has to be +43-44,...
Almost 4 days into Sophie's weeklong off the desmo trial, sg of 1.018 today. Not a deal breaker. Hoping for other samples within the next few days...
Paws and Fingers crossed, Soph might FINALLY be off of desmopressin, only 50 months post surgery..... She had been getting nj of desmo every 36 hours...
Hi Lauren, my Sophie will be 2 years post op from getting her pituitary yanked out in September of 2018. Recovery was actually not too bad. Granted...
So sorry to see that Shmee is back on insulin and still not himself. Hang in there. But good to hear that Titan is doing ok. And I didn't know about...