? Vetsulin no longer working?

Hello all!

It was suggested to me that I should join this message board for some extra guidance. My handsome 13 and 1/2 year old boy, Tucker, has been diabetic for almost 2 years. He had been very well controlled on Vetsulin once transitioned to wet food. We even achieved remission in the late summer months of 2018.

Unfortunately, his health has had many set-backs since that time and we have not been able to get a handle on his diabetes ever since then. In late October he had an episode of inappetence and vomiting so I took him to the emergency hospital and after many tests, he was presumed to have GI lymphoma (thickening, enlarged lymph nodes, free fluid, etc. on ultrasound). Despite my protesting for chemo, the IM specialist placed him on Prednisolone instead. Steroids for a diabetic? Yeah, my thoughts exactly!

After 6 weeks on Prednisolone, he took another turn for the worst and wound up in the ICU with severe pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Ever since that time, his glucose readings have been all over the place, even though the steroid has been discontinued. He has not had any Prednisolone since 12/3/18 but still no control over his glucose readings. In the same day, it was too high for the monitor to read in the morning, and then 72 in the evening. Most of his readings have been between 350-600. Is it possible that the Vetsulin is no longer working for him? Or is this just a product of all of his diseases? Now his kidneys are suffering and I'm sure some of that is because the diabetes is so out of control??

Does anyone else have experience with this or advice? Thank you in advance!

Crystal

 

I answered on your other thread. This is a small-ish forum and doesn't always get a lot of attention.

 

Thank you Kris! I figured I would try a post in the Vetsulin-specific forum to see if anyone had a similar experience with a cat as sick as Tucker. Figured it wouldn't hurt to increase my exposure