3/20 Rosie PMPS 106

Rose really threw me for a loop today. Her numbers have been high, and each time I test, I have been thinking to myself it would be nice if the number was less than 300. So today at AMPS, I had to do a double take when I saw 55. I did re-test and got 48. Just when I think I know what is going on, she throws me a curve ball.

So... What is going on? Well @Wendy&Neko asked 5 days ago if she was constipated. I didn't think so, but evidence has increased in the last few days including a few of her signature moves (i.e. poop on the couch). So, I have been doing enemas over the last 2 days. With some progress on the poop front, her BG has taken a nose dive. So glad I didn't make any further increases or panic at the 400 I got yesterday!

She wasn't very interested in food last night or this AM, which is very unusual for her. I decided if she didn't eat by noon we would visit the vet. She did eat lunch so I'm not so worried now. I need to see some well formed deposits in (or near) the LB to stand down on the poop alert. I'm also watching the pee-pads near the LB, because her urine seems a bit darker than normal. Not sure if that is significant. Meanwhile, if she continues to eat through the day, I'm thinking of a big reduction back to 1 or 1.5 tonight. Thoughts?

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Wow, what a difference since the enema!

My two cents on dose is going back to 1.5 since that was the last good dose before everything went haywire.

Looking excellent on a no shot, I must say! Well done, Rosie!

 

Congrats with being successful with the enemas!

 

Oh Carol, you have a lot going on! I'm glad Rosie had some lunch, hope the appy continues.

 

Isn't it crazy what constipation can do to these kitties!?? So glad she coming down and I know that 55 threw you for a loop! I just peaked at her SS and she is still in greens with no shot! And glad she is eating.

 

Rosie likes to mix it up for you, doesn't she?

 

Still not eating much (which is very unusual for her). I reduced down to 1u because she did eat some of her dinner when I held the bowl.

I'll continue to watch her because this is all very odd and not easy to determine root cause - is she still constipated, is there some type of UTI brewing, is she just exhausted from enemas over the last couple of days? Not sure. I'm going to let her have a break and re-assess based on data overnight.

 

Healthy input and output vines for Rosie.

 

Glad to see you found some hard evidence for her higher numbers. I'm a bit of a "by the book" person, I would have gone down to 1.75 units as her next good dose.

Sending appy vines.