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Vet Appointment: Went to the new vet yesterday afternoon & got her examined. Vet was friendly, listened as well as talked, and seemed competent/intelligent. What a good feeling!
Because I'd been unsuccessful at getting her records transferred, I suggested simply doing another diabetes monitoring panel. It probably wasn't necessary but I wanted a backup plan to get things STARTED finally.
She weighs slightly under thirteen pounds now. Two weeks ago she weighed in at fourteen and a quarter at the old vet's (different scale); before the UTI she was 14.5; a year ago she was (IIRC) fifteen. Thirteen's fine, but the rapid drop isn't.
Murphy's Law said she wouldn't have any urine ready when she went in. I brought her back this morning for that. She's getting awfully tired of the carrier and the car.
New Diet: We got her some new high-protein low-glycemic-index food. The vet warned me that many staple cat foods have a lot more carbs than cats have evolved to eat. Sure enough, when I got home I saw that the food I had been using has corn meal as its first ingredient. Wow. Good to get her diet changed I'm sure. I'm transitioning by mixing new and old and gradually changing the mix. I am told that as long as the other two cats don't have kidney problems, they'll also do better on this than on the old food. That's handy.
No Insulin Yet: The vet was reluctant to start insulin right away. For one thing, we didn't have bloodwork in hand, and for another, sometimes diet is enough in the beginning. I'll get a phone call about the latest lab results some time today; I'll ask then about how we'll assess when and whether to start insulin.
Records Transfer: Finally got my old vet's office on the line this morning. Guy was very friendly and helpful; wish he worked there more often! He's faxing her complete record to the new place. I got her blood glucose number: 361. Yeah. Diabetic all right.
Phew. I am so relieved to have her a) starting treatment b) at a friendly, responsive, available vet c) close to home. I hadn't realized how stressed I'd been. The enormity of the relief surprised me.
Because I'd been unsuccessful at getting her records transferred, I suggested simply doing another diabetes monitoring panel. It probably wasn't necessary but I wanted a backup plan to get things STARTED finally.
She weighs slightly under thirteen pounds now. Two weeks ago she weighed in at fourteen and a quarter at the old vet's (different scale); before the UTI she was 14.5; a year ago she was (IIRC) fifteen. Thirteen's fine, but the rapid drop isn't.
Murphy's Law said she wouldn't have any urine ready when she went in. I brought her back this morning for that. She's getting awfully tired of the carrier and the car.
New Diet: We got her some new high-protein low-glycemic-index food. The vet warned me that many staple cat foods have a lot more carbs than cats have evolved to eat. Sure enough, when I got home I saw that the food I had been using has corn meal as its first ingredient. Wow. Good to get her diet changed I'm sure. I'm transitioning by mixing new and old and gradually changing the mix. I am told that as long as the other two cats don't have kidney problems, they'll also do better on this than on the old food. That's handy.
No Insulin Yet: The vet was reluctant to start insulin right away. For one thing, we didn't have bloodwork in hand, and for another, sometimes diet is enough in the beginning. I'll get a phone call about the latest lab results some time today; I'll ask then about how we'll assess when and whether to start insulin.
Records Transfer: Finally got my old vet's office on the line this morning. Guy was very friendly and helpful; wish he worked there more often! He's faxing her complete record to the new place. I got her blood glucose number: 361. Yeah. Diabetic all right.
Phew. I am so relieved to have her a) starting treatment b) at a friendly, responsive, available vet c) close to home. I hadn't realized how stressed I'd been. The enormity of the relief surprised me.
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