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Joan and Madison
Contents:
- At a Glance
- Food
- Civilians and Other FurKids
- About Joan
- End Notes
At a Glance
Madison is a spayed female. She is long-haired torti
Date of birth: 04-01-1995
Date of diabetes dx: 11-2007
Maddie's chart on Google Docs:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p_CcmB4pYijiN8Re6MLWxcA
The following is taken from Maddie's chart at the vet's office:
At Madison's annual exam on 11/9/07, her doctor drew blood to have a Wellness Profile done because Madison had lost 2 pounds since her last annual exam in 9/06 (from 14# 4 oz to 12# 4 oz). BG = 350.
On 11/12/07, her doctor drew more blood to confirm diagnosis of diabetes. BG = 361. Began 1u Lantus b.i.d. on 11/12/07.
11/21/07 - Maddie's first glucose curve at the vet's office. (*Maddie is terrified of the vet's office*) She ate a small breakfast and got 1u Lantus before going to the vet's office.
+3 404
+6 388
+9 367
+12 354
Increased to 2u Lantus b.i.d.
11/28/07 - Spot blood check (no notation in file re: BG)
12/12/07 - Spot check
+6 (2u Lantus) BG = 349
Increased to 3u Lantus b.i.d.
12/28/07 - Spot check
+7:15 (3u Lantus) BG = 361
Increased to 4u Lantus b.i.d.
01/07/08
Weight 11# 11.5 oz. Madison has started peeing on the floor outside the litter boxes. Still showing increased thirst, increased urination.
Spot check
+6.5 (4u Lantus) BG = 424
Increased to 5u Lantus b.i.d.
02/12/08 Glucose curve at vet's office
Weight 12# 2 oz.
+3.5 (5u Lantus) BG = 361
+5.5 353
+8 326
+10 347
Increased to 6u Lantus b.i.d.
02/22/08
Weight 12# 8 oz.
Drinking and peeing less (but still not "normal")
Spot check +7 (6u Lantus) BG = 358
Increased to 6.5u Lantus b.i.d.
02/27/08 - Glucose curve at vet's office
Weight 12# 8 oz.
Drinking and peeing less (but still not "normal")
Given 6.5u Lantus *immediately* before first blood draw
+0 368
+3 329
+6 303
+9 284
+10 280
began transitioning Madison off of dry Evo
03/16/08 First Home Test
AMPS 308 - gave 5u Lantus
+3:20 292
(unable to get results for rest of day)
Gave 5u Lantus before bed
03/17/08
AMPS 144 - no shot
PMPS 314 - 5u
3/18/08 - 3/19/08 - having trouble doing blood tests - no usuable readings
Decided to decrease to 1u b.i.d. Feeding all wet food at this point.
3/20/08
No morning test - gave 1u
PMPS 310 - gave 1u
3/21/08
AMPS 292 - gave 1u
PMPS 287 - gave 1u
3/22/08
Our first home glucose curve!
AMPS (b/f/ breakfast, shot, but with treats) 286 - gave 1u
+2 241
+4 292
+6 1/2 268
(slept and missed +8)
+10 231
3/23/08 AMPS 261 - 1 u
3/23/08 PMPS 299 - 1u
3/24/08 AMPS 264 - 1u
3/24/08 PMPS 274 - 1u
3/25/08 AMPS 320 - fat 1u (Maddie got into Smoochies dry food)
3/25/08 PMPS 255 - fat 1u
3/26/08 AMPS 268 - fat 1u
3/26/08 PMPS 323 1u
3/27/08 AMPS 360 fat 1u
*new bottle of Insulin*
3/27/08 PMPS fat 1u
3/28/08 AMPS fat 1u
3/28/08 PMPS fat 1u
3/29/08 AMPS 317 fat 1u
3/29/08 PMPS 289 fat 1u
3/30/08 AMPS 332 fat 1u
3/30/08 PMPS 315 fat 1u
3/31/08 took BG but it didnt save on the meter for some reason - I do remember that it was in the low 300's though fat 1u
3/31/08 AMPS 284 fat 1u
4/01/08 AMPS Maddie hid from me gave 1u anyway
4/01/08 PMPS 295 fat 1u
4/02/08 AMPS 280 fat 1u
4/02/08 PMPS 271 fat 1u
4/03/08 AMPS 324 fat 1u (discovered that Maddie helped herself to a bag of dry treats)
4/03/08 +1 375
4/03/08 PMPS 342 fat 1u
4/04/08 AMPS 261 fat 1u
4/04/08 PMPS 257 fat 1u
*curve day*
4/05/08 AMPS 302 fat 1u
4/05/08 +2 232
4/05/08 +4 233
4/05/08 +6.5 263
4/05/08 +7 291
4/05/08 PMPS 368 fat 1u
4/06/08 AMPS 272 fat 1u
increased dose to 1.25u
4/06/08 PMPS 256 1.25u
4/07/08 AMPS 266 1.25u
4/07/08 +6 309
4/07/08 PMPS 250 - 1.25u
4/08/08 AMPS 289 - 1.25u
4/08/08 PMPS 296 (*after* dinner/normally we do PMPS test before dinner) - 1.25u
4/09/08 AMPS 323 1.25u
4/09/08 PMPS 280 - 1.25u
4/10/08 AMPS 285 - 1.25u
4/10/08 +2 291 (food spike)
4/10/08 PMPS 281 (*after dinner*) 1.25u
4/11/08 AMPS 311 1.25
4/11/08 PMPS 299 (*after dinner*) 1.25u
increased to 1/5u b.i.d.
4/12/08 AMPS 282 - 1.5u
4/12/08 +3 287
4/12/08 +5 313
4/12/08 +7 284
4/12/08 +13.5 284 1.5u
4/12/08 +1.25 303
4/13/08 AMPS (+14) 317 - 1.5u
4/13/08 +2 262
4/13/08 +9.5 297
4/13/08 +11 276 - 1.5u (@+12, no PMPS)
4/14/08 AMPS (+11) 353 - 1.5u
4/14/08 +8.5 299
4/14/08 PMPS 295 - 1.5u
4/15/08 AMPS 326 - 1.5U
4/15/08 +4.25 267
4/15/08 +8.5 399
4/15/08 +8.5 359
4/15/08 +11.25 272 1.5u
4/15/08 +1 (PMPS) 336
4/16/08 AMPS 277 1.5u
4/16/08 +2 306
4/16/08 +7.25 293
4/16/08 PMPS (+13) 265 - 1.5U
4/17/08 AMPS 266 - 1.5U
increased to 1.75u b.i.d.
4/17/08 PMPS 251 1.75u
4/18/08 AMPS (+10) 234 1.75u
4/18/08 +9 271
4/18/08 PMPS (+14) 277 1.75u
4/19/08 AMPS (+13.5) 245 -1.75u
4/19/08 +2 253
4/19/08 +3 233
4/19/08 +7 240
4/19/08 PMPS (+10.5) 250 1.75u
4/20/08 10:24 am 269 1.75u
4/20/08 +3.5 225
4/20/08 +4.5 240
4/20/08 +7.5 266
4/20/08 PMPS 238 1.75u
4/21/08 10:09 am 245 1.75u
4/21/08 +2 284
4/21/08 +6 242
4/21/08 PMPS 255 1.75u
4/22/08 AMPS (+11.25) 250 1.75u
4/22/08 PMPS (+11.5) 264 1.75u
increased to 2u b.i.d.
4/23/08 AMPS (+11.25) 263 2u
4/23/08 PMPS (+12.5) 298 2u
4/24/08 AMPS (+12.5) 277 - 2u
4/24/08 +10.75 255
4/24/08 PMPS 250 2u
Accidentally bought case of FF Roasted Chicken Feast instead of Gourmet Chicken Feast and didn't realize the mistake until the whole case was gone (on 5/6/08). The 5th & 6th ingredients of FF Roasted Chicken are wheat gluten and soy flour.
4/25/08 AMPS (+11) 319 2u
4/25/08 PMPS (+11.5) 278 2u
4/25/08 PMPS +4 238
4/26/08 AMPS (+16) 323 2u
4/26/08 +1.5 301
4/26/08 PMPS (+10.75) 254 2u
4/27/08 AMPS (+11.5) 282 2u (AMPS was after breakfast)
4/27/08 PMPS 270 2u
4/28/08 AMPS (+10.5) 322 2u
4/28/08 PMPS (+11) 275 2u
4/29/08 AMPS (+14) 331 2u
4/29/08 PMPS 356 2u
4/30/08 AMPS 300 2u
4/30/08 PMPS 286 2u
5/01/08 AMPS (+13.5) 289 2u
5/01/08 +8.5 260
5/01/08 PMPS 261 2u
5/02/08 AMPS (+12.5) 264 2u
5/02/08 +4 267
5/02/08 +6.5 266
5/02/08 +8 285
**increased to 2.25u b.i.d.**
5/02/08 PMPS 272 2.25u
5/03/08 AMPS (+11.5) 247 2.25u
5/03/08 +8 312 (snacked on BBQ ribs)
5/03/08 PMPS 248 2.25u
5/04/08 AMPS (+11.5) 333 2.25u
5/04/08 +5.5 219
5/04/08 +7 265
5/04/08 PMPS (+13) 251 - 2.25u
5/05/08 AMPS (+10.5) 264 - 2.25u
5/05/08 +2 279
5/05/08 PMPS (+13) 252 - 2.25u
5/06/08 AMPS 292 - 2.25u
5/06/08 +5 264
5/06/08 PMPS 305 - 2.25u
5/07/08 AMPS (+12.5) 341 - 2.25u
5/07/08 PMPS (+10.25) 264 - 2.25u
5/07/08 +2.75 318
5/08/08 AMPS (+11.5) 287 - 2.25u
5/08/08 PMPS 259 - 2.25U
5/09/08 AMPS 340 2.25u
5/09/08 PMPS (+12.5) 258 2.25u
5/09/08 +1 294
5/10/08 AMPS (+13.5) 263 - 2.25u
5/10/08 +4 247
5/10/08 +9 277
5/10/08 +10.25 292
5/10/08 PMPS (+11.75) 289 2.5u
5/11/08 +3.5 248
5/11/08 AMPS 310 2.5u
5/11/08 +2 301
5/11/08 PMPS (+11.5) 361 (OTU mini) 2.5u
5/12/08 AMPS (+12.5) 362 (OTU mini)
5/12/08 +2 334 (OTU mini)
5/12/08 PMPS (+13) 258 2.5u
5/13/08 AMPS (+9.75) 256 1.5u
5/13/08 +10 263
5/13/08 PMPS (+12.5) 275 2.5u
5/14/08 AMPS 288 2.5u
5/14/08 +11 268
No PMPS (Shot @ +12) 2.5u
5/14/08 +3.5 276
5/15/08 AMPS (+12.5) 281 2.5u
5/15/08 PMPS 279 2.5u
5/16/08 AMPS (+11.25) 275 2.5u
5/16/08 PMPS 277 2.5u
5/17/08 AMPS 354 (after breakfast) 2.5u
5/17/08 +2 309
5/17/08 +4.5 305
5/17/08 +6.5 284
5/17/08 +8 335
5/17/08 PMPS 281 2.5u
increased dose to 2.75u
5/18/08 AMPS (+12.5) 299 2.75u
5/18/08 +4 259
5/18/08 +8.75 295
*Maddie wasnt feeling well and wasnt eating- skipped PM test & shot*
5/19/08 AMPS (+23.5) 305 2.75u
5/19/08 PMPS (+12.5) 292 2.75u
5/20/08 AMPS 304 2.75u *FUR SHOT*
5/20/08 PMPS 320 2.75u
5/21/08 AMPS 307 2.75u
5/21/08 PMPS 352 (+11) 2.75u
5/22/08 AMPS 317 2.75u
5/22/08 PMPS 286 2.75u
5/23/08 AMPS (+13) 318 2.75u
5/23/08 +4 292
5/23/08 +6 360
**increased to 3u b.i.d.**
5/23/08 PMPS (+12.5) 271 3u
5/24/08 AMPS 270 3u
5/24/08 +3.25 257
5/24/08 +6 263
5/24/08 PMPS (+11.75) 272 3u
5/25/08 AMPS (+11.75) (right ear) 397
5/25/08 2 mins. later (left ear) 407 3u
5/25/08 +5.5 314
5/25/08 PMPS (+12.25) 333 3u
5/26/08 AMPS (+12.5) 314 3u
5/26/08 PMPS (+12.25) 412 3u
**started a new cartridge**
5/27/08 AMPS (+11.5) 337 3u (maybe a little skinny tried to get air bubble out and shot out a little too much)
5/27/08 +2.5 360
5/27/08 +4.25 333
5/27/08 +6.25 396
5/27/08 PMPS (+11.25) 347 3u
5/28/08 AMPS (+11) 265 3u
5/28/08 +8.5 311
5/28/08 +10 349
5/28/08 PMPS 327 3u
5/29/08 AMPS 388 3u
**increased to 3.25u**
5/29/08 PMPS 315 3.25u
5/30/08 AMPS 337 3.25u
5/30/08 +3.5 340 N/G Ketones
5/30/08 +7.5 262
5/30/08 PMPS (+12.75) 320 3.25u
5/31/08 AMPS (+13) 366 3.25u (Maddie may have gotten into dry Evo)
5/31/08 +2.5 388
5/31/08 +7 339
5/31/08 PMPS 354 3.25u
5/31/08 +1 337
6/01/08
PMPS +2 333
PMPS +3 298
No AMPS bad strips - gave 3.25u @ regular AM shot time
+5 267
PMPS (+11.5) 304 3.25u
6/02/08
AMPS (+10.25) 355 cheese popcorn? 3.25u
Gave shot at +11
PMPS (+11.5) 310 3.25u
**increased to 3.5u** (sort of accidentally)
6/03/08
AMPS 306 cheese popcorn? 3.5u
+2.5 349
PMPS 280 3.5u
N/G Ketones
6/04/08
AMPS (+12.25) 366 3.5u
PMPS 284 3.5u - scarfed n barfed testing treat but ate FF
6/05/08
AMPS (right ear) 439
AMPS (left ear) 410 - 3.5u (Maddie & Lala found & ate a bag of dry treats)
Status: Unregulated, on insulin
Insulin:- Type:Lantus Glargine
- Concentration: U100
- Units per shot: As of 3/18/08, decreased to 1u b.i.d. We're going to start over. 1.25 AS OF 4/6/08. See daily numbers for further increase updates - still trying to find the right dose
- Shots per day: 2
Oral diabetes medications: None
We hometest BG: Just started 3-16-08 using the Walgreens True Track meter. Maddie really doesn't like her ears touched, so it's a challenge. She likes to sit on the back of my chair near my reading lamp. I discovered that if I turn on the light and turn it towards her head, it warms her ears nicely. She seems to like the warmth, too. She didn't like either the rice sock or the washrag in a plastic bag. (Yes, she's a princess.)
*Update* - I didn't believe it possible, but hometesting is a snap. Maddie still doesn't like it and tries to pull her ear away at the moment of impact, but I almost always get a reading on the first attempt now. *antijinx*
Hx of complications: pd/pu
Current health issues: None
Current medications: None
Past health issues: None
Corticosteroid use: None
Food
Brand Name: Currently, Evo wet and Fancy Feast from "The List." I save some water from the chicken I boil for her as a treat and use the chicken broth to moisten her food.
She used to eat Iams dry, then Purina Naturals dry. She tried several "all natural" gourmet dry foods and didn't really care for any of them, except for Evo dry which she loved.
As of 3/18/08, Madison is off the dry food. I've reduced her to 1u Lantus b.i.d. She seems to be doing really well. She's drinking and peeing less and hasn't peed on the floor since probably 3/15/08. Increased to "fat" 1u on 3/25/08. Increased to 1.25u b.i.d. on 4/6/08. She chart or daily numbers for other increases.
5/30/08 - We're trying out some Wellness, Nature's Variety raw and Merrick.
b>Formula:
Consistancy: Wet or Canned
Amount fed per meal: 1/3 to 1/2 can Evo or one can FF in AM and PM, plus another can of FF left out for over night Number of meals/day: 2-3
How is food given in relation to the insulin shots? I give her her shot while she is eating
We use Janet and Binky(GA)'s foodcharts: Yes
Other information about Madison's diet: Madison has frequent hairballs.
Civilians and Other FurKids
Charlie (gray, short-hair male - neutered, front declawed), Smoochie (black & white "tuxedo," short hair female - spayed) & Lala (dilute torti short hair, female - spayed).
All of our babies are rescues, to some extent. My best friend had Madison (then named Badger, of all things) as a "barn cat." Someone at her church was getting rid of Madison because they had a family member coming to live with them. When I met Maddie, I'd recently had to have my boy cat, Willy, PTS. I was heartbroken. Maddie and I fell in love immediately, and I took her home with me. She was dirty, scrawny and had a big cut on her side, probably from a raccoon. My mom said she was the ugliest cat that she'd ever seen. Madison has bloomed into the most beautiful girl you could ever imagine.
My DH found Smoochie when he was having some work done on his father's house. The workers apparently scared off the momma cat. Poor baby Smoochie was probably about 4 weeks old. I fed her with a baby bottle at first. We were trying to hold off on a name for her until she got a little older, and she could let her personality show, and I started calling her Smoochie because she was the smoochiest little angel. It stuck. Although, she's Moochie much of the time.
When we adopted Charlie (sight unseen), we didn't know that he had been front declawed. His previous family didn't "have room for him anymore" so they were getting rid of him. I'm so fortunate to have him as my furbaby. He's my only lap cat and a complete lover.
Then there's Lala. Someone dumped Lala off at a local pet store. One of the shelters that operates an adoption center out of the pet store had her in one of their cages. I thought she was beautiful and had to have her. The woman warned me that she was mean. "Don't be silly," I said. "She just needs some love and attention." Well, I was wrong. She's a terror. I love her, but she's a handful. I may only touch Lala if she invites the attention, and, even then, I'm likely to get bit or scratched. My DH calls her "Crazy." (He loves her too. In fact, she likes him better than me.) We think she might have been a feral. She's a wild child.
Maddie is the "boss" of the house. The other kitties pretty much give her wide berth, except for Lala. When Lala's feeling especially brave and frisky, she'll run up and bat at Maddie's tail. Maddie just has to take a step towards her and Lala runs like her life depends on it (which it probably does). Maddie isn't openly aggressive towards the other cats, but she is very passive-aggressive (lying at the top of the stairs to prevent the other cats from going by, etc.). Smoochie is only ~ 6#, and she is a princess and a lover - except when it comes to Lala. She wants to kill Lala - literally - even though Lala weighs probably close to 14#. Lala (who is aggressive towards everyone and everything - she might have been a feral before someone dumped her at the pet store- is terrified of Smoochie. I have to keep them separated at *all* times. We have to treat "shift changes" (which one is confined to their respective bedrooms) like prison transfers - one must be completely secured before the other can be let loose. Charlie is a lover boy and gets along pretty well with everyone. Well, he gets in a mood now and then and wants to assert his male dominance, but the girls (who all have their claws) put an end to that real quick. A few times he's expressed his displeasure with the girls picking on him by peeing on the wall, but it's not the end of the world. :-)
Bugs (GA) 1988? - 12/18/07 - We miss her very much. Her best friend, Tiki Boots preceded her by almost 2 years.
About Joan
Location: Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland area
End Notes
This page was last updated 06/5/2008 by Joan
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