New here, I'm mom to Jeter

Jeter is a 13 year old Tabby. The 3rd day after his diagnosis he went hypo and almost died. Of course it was evening on the weekend so we had to drive 45 min to an emergency vet. We're still trying to get more info. So glad there is this forum!

 

Welcome to FDMB and so sorry Tabby has diabetes and has had such a scary start to treatment. What a handsome boy he is!!

The MOST important thing you can do is to start home-testing. Especially in the beginning when dosing is just being started kitties can have hypos since it is not known how they are going to react to the particular insulin and the dosage...as you have already seen with your poor Tabby.

You can post of the Main Health Forum:

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/forums/feline-health-the-main-forum.28/

to get more information on testing and setting up a spreadsheet to track the progress. There have been several kitties on here who had hypos but were able to be caught early because of home-testing.

This page gives an overview of some of the information available here:

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/where-can-i-find-________.127890/

There are lots of caring and experienced people on this site that will help you with Tabby's treatment plan and any questions you may have.

 

Thanks!

 

Hey there and welcome! So very sorry that you had such a scary experience with Jeter 3 days after DX. You have come to the right place to learn how to keep Jeter safe as Mary Ann mentioned with home testing. Please post over in the Main Forum http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/forums/feline-health-the-main-forum.28/ and give us some more information about Jeter like what insulin you are using and the dose and we can help you out better.

Again, we are glad you found us and we are here to help and answer all the questions you have.

 

Welcome! Your Jeter is handsome!!! Beautiful cat! I think you will be able to help Jeter by being on this website!

 

Thank you!

 

Thanks