Sunday, January 27, 2008

Not even a smidge of an idea what's going on here.


Lousy, stinky numbers again. I have been giving him 1.25u for the last day or two - I'd have to go back and look it up, but I think that that's about the highest amount of Levemir I've ever used, and it doesn't seem to providing either duration or effective glucose lowering. I don't think - well, unless it's dental-related - that there's anything wrong with him. He's behaving pretty much the same as always, for a somewhat tubby cat of unknown age. He bounces around when Burble chases him, he hops all over the cat trees, he acts perfectly normal, and he eats just like he always has. I do think that he probably needs his teeth done again - there is one in particular that I can see on quick - verrrry quick - inspection that has a little pocket of red at the bottom of it. And there's always the issue of the melanosis in his right eye, which I need to make an appointment with Dr. K, the ophthalmologist, in the very near future.

I'm discouraged. I like Levemir, but aside from the miraculous November Blessing Period, it really isn't doing much for him. On the other hand, neither is my standard half-unit of R, these days, either. So maybe there is something infectious going on. I wanted to get the fPLI done again, too, but I can't bear the thought of fasting him.

Nothing's ever simple.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Time to get back on the job.

Okay, a month of pretty much one horrible number after another in December. (Not that January appears to be planning to be a whole lot better....) Anyway, I've been distracted and busy and depressed, among other things, and haven't spent much time trying to get Scruffy organized.

Started a new Levemir pen. Didn't notice much difference. He's had a long seige with very active herpes stuff going on - snorting, sneezing, eye watering, and lousy numbers. And the iris melanosis in his left eye has grown significantly. I called and asked that the ophthalmologist call me to discuss it - we'd left the situation that I'd monitor the size of the thing, and she would check and see what she could find out about laser removal before it turns into an actual melanoma. Which didn't exactly happen - I called, but it took her three days to call back, and when she did, she left a message that I had to come in and bring Scruffy, and then she'd tell me what she'd found out about laser surgery. (She had said at the last appointment that she had no experience with it.) I'll bet that the ophthalmologist at that nice hospital in Akron does laser surgery......

I have been STILL putting off getting his bloodwork done, too. I just hate putting all three of us - Scruffy, me, and Dr. G. - through all that commotion. I do want to get the fPLI test done again. I finally got a copy of the first results:

test done on 5/25/06; results - 6.8
reference range - 2.0 - 6.8 (coincidentally?)

I noticed from a link that Hope posted the other day that they're supposed to fast for 12 hours prior to the fPLI test - I don't know if Scruffy had been fasted or not, but I kind of think NOT, since I wasn't aware of that. Anyway, it's on the Things To Do (Someday) List. I also ordered Marin and Denosyl for Milkshake and for Scruffy to take - Milk because of the phenobarb, and Muffer just on general purposes. Made by the same company that makes the Cosequin that he's so unfond of - he told the animal communicator/neurologist from Ohio State, Dr. W., that he didn't NEED Cosequin. It stinks like something burned. I hope the two new ones aren't as unpleasantly fragrant. (I ordered them from an online place - VetAmerica, I think it was called. And days after I placed the order - and PAID - I got an email from them that said, "We regret to inform you that your order for #260806 Bird Sulfa has been cancelled. We will not be stocking this item any more." So, I called them and said, #1 - I don't even know what "Bird Sulfa" is, and #2 - I didn't order any. The person from VetAmerica disappeared four different times, leaving me to listen to some of the most annoying Muzak ever. When she came back, she said that the Bird Sulfa email was an error - it wasn't intended for me to receive. But, unfortunately, they only have one box of Marin in their warehouse, and they won't be restocking it, so the essence of the mistaken email was still true. Did I want the one box they had? Instead of the two boxes I'd ordered to save $6 on the postage? I don't thinnnnnnk so..... Geez.)

Oh, well.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

January , 2008 #'s


12/31/07

AM PS (+11) 307 fed 1.0uLevemir
+2
324
+6.5 232
+11 172 fed
PM PS (+14) 341 1.0uLevemir
+2.5 325

1/1/08

AM PS (+10.5) 389 fed 1.0uLevemir
+4 317

+8.5 341
PM PS (+10.5) 401 1.0uLevemir
+4 374

1/2/08
AM PS (+11) 362 fed 1.25uLevemir
+8 267
PM PS (+12) 315 1.25uLevemir
+4 342

1/3/08
AM PS (+12) 337 fed, threw up .75uLevemir
+3.5 236
+7.5 60
+10.5 91
PM PS (+12.5) 105 fed .75uLevemir
+4.5 353

1/4/08
AM PS (+12) 342 fed 1.0uLevemir
+5 350
PM PS (+11) 352 fed .5uLevemir
+5.5 364 fed .5uR

1/5/08
AM PS (+13.5) 101 fed .75uLevemir
+3 103
+7 65
+9 95
PM PS (+11) 167 fed .75uLevemir
+4 283

1/6/08
AM PS (+12) 325 fed .75uLevemir
+4 311
+6 246
+10 fed
PM PS (+12) 258 .75uLevemir
+3 404

1/7/08
AM PS (+12) 381 fed .75uLevemir
+5 300
PM PS (+10.5) 231 fed .75uLevemir
+5 178

1/8/08
AM PS (+14) 121 fed, threw up? .75uLevemir
PM PS (+10) 132 fed, threw up, ate again .75uLevemir
+5.5 320

1/9/08
AM PS (+12) 224 fed .75uLevemir
+3.5 136
+7.5 133 snacking, threw up pepcid
PM PS (+11.5) 129 fed fat .5uLevemir
+5.5 126


1/10/08
AM PS
(+12.5) 151 fed, threw up, ate again .75uLevemir
+4.5 140
+9.5 157
PM PS (+11) 210 fed .75uLevemir
+5.5 364 ate 1/2 can FF

1/11/08
AM PS (+12) 347 fed 1.0uLevemir
+3 338
+5.5 146
+10 99 fed
PM PS (+14) 395 .75uLevemir
+2.5 378

1/12/08
+9.5 164 fed
+11.5 144
+13.5 173
AM PS (+14) .75uLevemir
+3.5 345
+6.5 fed
+7.5 432
PM PS (+8) 1.0uLevemir
+1.5 483

1/13/08
AM PS (+12) 325 fed .75uLevemir
+2 342
+6.5 156
+11 112 fed first Marin
+12 122
PM PS (+
13) 215 .75uLevemir
+3.5 333

1/14/08
AM PS (+10.5) 378 fed .75uLevemir
+3.5 323
PM PS (+10.5) 139 fed fat .5uLevemir Marin
+3 154
+5 119

1/15/08
(Ate FF left after Milk's seizure)
+9.5 419
AM PS (+13) 431 fed .5uR, fat .5uLevemir Marin
+2 397
+4 281
+8 196
PM PS (+10.5) 234 fed, threw up .75uLevemir
+2.5 386

1/16/08
AM PS
(+12) 370 .75uLevemir Marin
+2.5 433
+8.5 370
PM PS (+12) 310 fed 1.0uLevemir
+3 298
+5 272

1/17/08
+9 248
+13 146 fed, threw up Marin
AM PS (+15) 132 fed .75uLevemir
+2
157
+7.5 158
PM PS (+9.5) 354 fed .75uLevemir
+5 427

1/18/08
AM PS (+12) 387 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir Marin
+2.5 233
+4 186
+8 295
+10.5 360 fed .5uR
PM PS (+14) 259 .75uLevemir
+1.5 234

1/19/08
+9.5 77 fed
+12 86
+13 87
AM PS (+15) 99 .5uLevemir
+3 347
+
5 442 fed .5uR
+9 (+4) 388
FORGOT TO GIVE PM LEVEMIR SHOT. Geez

1/20/08
AM PS
(+18.5) 480 fed 1.0uLevemir
+
6 165
+
8.5 101
+
9.5 fed
+
11 66
+
12.5 69
PM PS
(+14) 112 .75uLevemir
+
1.5 170

1/21/08
AM PS (+10.5) 191 fed .75uLevemir
+3.5 164
+5.5 92
+9 127
PM PS (+10.5) 214 fed .75uLevemir
+4.5 419

1/22/08
AM PS (+13) 438 fed 1.0uLevemir
+7 295
PM PS (+10) 353 fed 1.0uLevemir
+2.5 342

1/23/08
AM PS
(+12) 122 fed .75uLevemir
+2.5 281
+7 367
PM PS (+11.5) 347 fed 1.0uLevemir
+5 298

1/24/08
AM PS (+12.5) 255 fed .75uLevemir
+9.5 279
+11 fed
PM PS (+12) 326 1.0uLevemir
+1.5 274

1/25/08
AM PS (+12) 488 fed. threw up .5uR, .5uLevemir
+2 413
+8 411
PM PS (+10.5) 441 fed 1.0uLevemir
+4.5 438

1/26/08
AM PS (+13.5) 352 fed 1.25uLevemir
+3 354
+8.5 195
+9.5 165 fed
+10.5 139
PM PS (+12.5) 156 1.0uLevemir
+4 305

1/27/08
AM PS (+11.5) 459 fed 1.25uLevemir
+6.5 283
+10 276
PM PS (+11) 288 fed 1.25uLevemir
+5 375

1/28/08
AM PS (+12) 120 fed, threw up, ate again 1.0uLevemir
+5.5 67
+7 76
PM PS (+11) 129 fed, threw up, ate again 1.0uLevemir
+4.5 104

1/29/08
AM PS (+12.5) 221 fed 1.25uLevemir
+4 365
+7.5 337
PM PS (+12) 293 fed 1.25uLevemir
+4 238

1/30/08
AM PS (+12) 157 fed 1.0uLevemir
+4.5 334
PM PS (+11.5) 382 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+5 388

1/31/08
AM PS (+12.5) 157 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+1.5 204
+6 64
+10 86 fed
PM PS (+12) 174 1.25uLevemir
+3 233