Yesterday around 3pm, Jennifer noticed that Jezebel was acting more groggy and lethargic than usual. She decided to check her blood sugar, and it was 24, which is way, way too low. We gave her some karo syrup and some treats, and rechecked her blood sugar and it was 37. Then about 15 minutes later, it had dropped back down to 27. So we went to the vet.
They gave her some dextrose and force fed her some A/D food. After that, she ate about 1/3-1/2 a can of A/D on her own. So we brought her back home. At 10pm, we checked her blood sugar again, and it was only 172. That is a good number normally, but it seemed too low for a diabetic cat, and we skipped her normal insulin dose.
This morning, we checked again, and her blood glucose was only 212. Again, that is good, but much lower than we'd thought. She also wasn't interested in eating or drinking, and she still seemed to feel out of it. Since 11:30am today, she has had about 1 to 1.5 oz of her "Rad Cat" raw chicken food. That's all she'll really eat, though, and she still hasn't been willing to drink any water.
Since her blood glucose is still in a decent range, her behavior makes us think that she is probably having indigestion. We gave her some Pepcid this morning, and we hope that helps her out a bit. We're about to call the vet again to see what they think we should do about the refusal to drink water. As time passes today, she seems to feel better and she looks a little more alert now than she did a couple of hours ago.
I just wish she could talk sometimes.
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