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[geekchick]

This was just what I needed last night to distract me; y'all rock like rockin' things. Gateway was at the vet all day yesterday to get a blood glucose curve drawn up and to figure out what sort of insulin dosage he needed. When we heard from the vet finally around 7 PM, they told us he might be kept overnight and to call back at 9. Around 9, we found out he definitely wasn't coming home last night. They're giving him a slow-acting form of insulin, and started him with what should've been a medium dose for a cat with fasting glucose levels in the low 400s. It seems though that he's still quite sensitive to insulin, so his glucose plunged to the low 40s by the time we talked at 7, and by 9 he had gotten so hypoglycemic that they were giving him IV glucose and were definitely keeping him overnight for monitoring.

They're going to keep him today and try again with a dose about half the size of the one he got yesterday. Hopefully this will be less stressful for all of us and we'll get to bring him home tonight. If we're really lucky, we caught the diabetes early enough that the treatment will help induce remission. Poor little guy has already got one chronic health issue, he doesn't need any more. Luckily the HCM is well-managed by his medication since we caught that pretty early; hope the same can be said of the diabetes.

Edit: Just talked to the vet, and he's probably not going to get to come home tonight. Even with the IV, his blood sugar is still on the low side of normal and it seems like the insulin is sticking around a lot longer than typical, so they're not going to try giving any more insulin today unless something significantly changes. They'll probably keep him overnight again to monitor him and probably send him home tomorrow for a few days since he's not wanting to eat for them. nminusone and I will go visit him tonight and see if we can get him to eat and bring them his atenelol, which we didn't send with him since we didn't expect him to be there overnight.

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[wolfy.livejournal.com]

Icon thingy was neat, confusing at times. Looks like soaring_phoenix and myself a few rounds of back & forth (good thing it ended when it did I was running out of icons :).


Hope kitty is well, yes bringing kitty home tonight would be a nice thing.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Yup. Good thing we're both twisted with our icon selection!

[geekchick]

"Icon selection", that's how you're both twisted. Uh. Huh.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

It's one way. There's plenty of others to explore.....

[geekchick]

I demand photos! ;)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I was going to offer an in-person demonstration, but if all you want is photos...

[geekchick]

Where did you see an "only" in my comment? ;)

[wolfy.livejournal.com]

*blink* *blink*

[wolfy.livejournal.com]

oh and remember to fill in the CC box :)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Good point! And I even have a personal photographer who I can use sexual favors to control enlist to help me.

[nminusone.livejournal.com]

If I were him I'd *insist* on the sexual favors. That whole enlisting thing doesn't sound nearly as fun.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

The threads I miss or have to give up on because of sleep and/or school. Damn. :-)

[wolfy.livejournal.com]

I am not twisted.

sweet little me....never

[geekchick]

I dated you; I know exactly how twisted you are, dear. ;)

[wolfy.livejournal.com]

Yes yes you did. But I might have been a slightly different person then.

I'm older, wiser, and much more evil (with a dallop of whipped cream for sweetness).

[geekchick]

Yeah, you were a slightly different person, but I suspect you were just as twisted then as you are now. =)

[geekchick]

The LJ Thread Unfolder Greasemonkey script has come in very handy. =)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I noticed you changed your comment page so it worked! I am very very pleased :-)

[geekchick]

I love my current journal style, but I was getting fed up with the lack of scaling on the comments page; when you get to the point you have one-word lines of text, that's just too annoying. =)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Hope he bounces back today and returns to his treat-seeking self at home. Between this and Yuri's eye, it's been a tough few months for your pets. :(

I'm handicapped in the icon game, because (despite being able to upload 100) I only have 12 icons, most of them photos.

[geekchick]

He can't have too many treats anymore, because they're full of carbs. Poor cat doesn't even get as many of his favorite Pounce treats as he wants in return for all the stress. Ed, however, is just fine. One he had the abscess cleaned out and got home post-surgery, he perked right up.

I'm handicapped in the icon game, because (despite being able to upload 100) I only have 12 icons, most of them photos.

Obviously that means you should go dig up some more.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I think we should find some for him.

This could be fun!!!

[geekchick]

I whipped up the "quantifying fun" one for him a while ago, I'm sure we can manage to find some new and amusing images. =)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

You realize that he's probably debating running and hiding if we gang up on him...

[geekchick]

Probably. Oh well. ;)

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[geekchick]

*hug* How are y'all holding up?

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

Here are some kitty {{{{{vibes}}}}}

[geekchick]

Thanks! We saw him tonight and he's doing better. One more day of tests tomorrow and he'll probably get to come home tomorrow night.

[stitchinthyme.livejournal.com]

The icon thing is seriously amusing.

I hope Gateway is all better soon.

[geekchick]

The icon thing is seriously amusing.

I spent a good part of last night laughing loudly. =)

We saw Gateway tonight (he's over at Pender near Fair Oaks), he's doing better. They'll try again with a much smaller dose of insulin tomorrow and he'll probably get to come home tomorrow night.

[asetwoman.livejournal.com]

Kitty cat vibes, coming up!

[geekchick]

Thanks! He's doing better and will probably get to come home tomorrow night.