Remission?

I tested Draco today and he was at 44! Now that's kinda low, but that's all on his own. I asked mushymom if that was okay and she said that maybe he just runs lower than average??? I gave him a few kernels of dry food just to calm my nerves.

Here is his sister cat Reign:





So it's 5 days and no insulin!!!

Draco is doing great!

I tested Draco a little while ago: 145. He's doing great! I'm so excited for him. He seems happy and content. I hope this stays for awhile!

The FDMB has been sooo busy lately. Quite a few of us are worried about wordywanda and we all pray her cat is okay. I hope we didn't freak her out with all our posts. We all just wanted to help her cat. It's so hard to sit around waiting to hear on his progress.

I'm tired so it's time to leave a little food out for Draco overnight and go to bed.

Talk to you soon.

Pancreas Action...????

It's Thursday night and Draco hasn't had a shot since Wednesday morning! He's been on Lantus for 9 days and he may be in remission! He is doing fantastic! He is feisty as heck (I feel bad for my other cat-he's back to his usual self-chasing her around the house).

Here are some numbers:

7/11/2007 ---Wednesday
AMPS 308 -gave .4u
PMPS 240 (+12)
+14.25 201 (he went down from 240 to 201 all on his own)

7/12/2007---Thursday
+23.5 112
+27.5 152
+35.5 152

I will report on tomorrows numbers. I'm very excited about this!

Poor kitty cat!

Draco and I had two really bad days. I swear I thought I killed my cat!

His numbers went really really low last Saturday and this past Monday. I was so freaked out. I was feeding him dry food, milk, honey, karo syrup, anything to bring his numbers up. I was on the felinediabetes.com health board getting advice the whole time. Those people on that board are wonderful and kind. I appreciate everything they have done for me and my cat.

Once a cat has had one of these episodes, apparently they are more sensitive to insulin. I didn't know this! So on Monday I gave him .75u, and that was just too much for him. His blood sugar went down to 45, three hours after the shot! Draco usually dips until 6 hours after his shot. I was freaking out. I was also incredibly upset with myself for being so stupid.

Well, we got through it and he's okay (I had a few stressful nightmares because of it, but nonetheless).

So, here's to Draco's health!!

4th of July

Happy Independence Day!

On July 4th, 1776, America declared independence from Great Britain. These brave men worked late into the night writing the Declaration of Independence.

I thank God every day for being born in the USA. This is the greatest country to live in and I am so lucky to be here.

Now, on to my Dracmeister! He got 1 unit of Lantus at +13 this morning (yes I slept in a bit). He was at 327! He hasn't been above 400 since he started Lantus yesterday morning! I swear he's not bugging me as much to eat! Woohoo!!

First day on Lantus

So, today was our first day with Lantus. Okay okay, it's one day, but here are some of his numbers:

AMPS 437
+2 305
+4 267
+6 224
+11.5 (PMPS) 397

So that's it for now. The exciting thing is he didn't get back over 400 at 11.5 hours! That is amazing! I've been working with Lisa, she is a feline diabetic expert. She has been fantastic at answering my gazillion questions. She suggested I stick it out at 1 unit 2 times per day for 4 or 5 days. I plan to take another curve in a few days to see how his body is responding.

On Novolin he peaked at +3, then his numbers started going back up rather quickly. I'm so excited to see that Draco actually stayed in the 200s for a few hours!

This is silly I'm sure, but I think that accidently getting the Lantus bottle at the pet resort on Sunday, was a sign! It was a sign to put Draco on Lantus. (of course I returned that bottle!!)

Draco has been getting better at letting me poke his ears. I massage his ears at various times so he doesn't associate ear touching w/a poke! He starts to purr now when I rub his ears to get ready to poke him! I sure am sneaky!

New Insulin!!!

I called my vet this morning and left a very direct (but nice) message stating I needed a prescription for Lantus. I just picked it up from Walgreens! Yes, tis true, I'm holding a vial of Lantus in my hot little hands!

Draco will start tomorrow! I'm so excited because according to the information and research I've looked into, many cats go into remission on Lantus. Here's hoping!

I'm Baaaack!

My husband and I got back late last night (Sat night). We had a blast on our cruise, but we are sooo happy to be home. We traveled for 14 hours yesterday-that sucked.

So I picked up Draco from the pet resort as soon as they opened. He's been meowing something fierce all day. I'm thinking it's the stress from being away from home for a week.

I tested his BG levels at +6, he was at 151! I don't know how that happened. He's been running around the house all crazy. I think they may have given Draco the wrong insulin. When I left w/his insulin bottle, I double checked to make sure it was the right one. It wasn't! It belonged to the other diabetic cat there. It was Lantus!! That's what I'm hoping to switch Draco to this week. I'm calling my vet at 8 am on Monday to request that he order it. If he doesn't agree, I'm switching vets. Simple as that.

I gave back the Lantus and took my Novolin home. I'm gonna test Draco in a couple of hours before his next shot.

I'll post on what the vet says manana!

Laters.