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We are both sooooo excited and over the moon with joy and highfiving each other and we both know that there will be off days.
Buddy is doing so much better and looks a lot more alert and the kicker is that we were able to take him out for both his morning and afternoon walk, other than just picking him up for a few minutes when he showed signs of being a little tired. His proud little gait was almost back. Daddy takes Buddy and I take Cleo but she always wants to stop to make sure her brother is following.
He is also navigating very well around the house and amazingly, he finds his way to the front door rather quickly when he hears: Wanna go for a walk?
I checked his keytones and they were negative this morning whereas there was a trace for the past 2 days. Believe it or, the sugar went down (again only using the stix) and we are going to the vet tomorrow.
As for the food, I have to give him food 3 times a day and I spread the daily portion in 3. Both dogs are just hovering and absolutely starving by 4. Considering he was 22 pounds, all muscles and he went down to 16 pounds, he needs to put some weight back on.
They went from not eating before 2-3 in the afternoon for 9 years and now breakfast at 8:45am, injection at 9am. Walk at 10:30, a little food at 4pm, dinner at 8:45pm following by the injection.
As for the Caninsulin in Canada, our vet had received the notice and I read it that it was still being recommended in Canada. I even talked to 2 owners of dogs that our vet is treating and they are both doing extremely well on it. It could have been an underlying condition for Buddy. In all fairness, my little guy has been through a lot in his life and he didn't exactly start out well either.
In all fairness, our vet has been very committed to Buddy's wellness ever since we moved here in the country 4 years ago. When we took him in on Friday at noon, the vet stayed with him until midnight that night and called us to let us know how he was doing. He also consulted a specialist for advice and suggestion instead of referring us (which saved us a ton of money). He sees that we are committed to our pets's health and that we do a lot of reading and he and his staff are all routing for us and have been very compassionate. Yes, I admit maybe going through a bit of anger but I guess that is part of the various stages of transition (sadness, anger, acceptance, bargainning etc, etc.)
Pugsrule, thank you for the website. I had a quick look at it and I am going to register.
Brenda, I'll PM you.
Thanks a lot everyone, you are such a great bunch of people. I don't know how I would have gone through this without your information, words of wisdom, advice, support, etc, etc,