April 23, 2009

• Rufus update

        Things are not going well with Rufus, I cannot get his glucose to stabilize & he keeps having seizures, especially in the morning. I'm feeding him Critical Care 3 times a day, plus the dextrose, but it's still happening. He's been home from the animal hospital for a week & still not able to eat solid food.He mostly sits in a corner not moving much. Usually after the dextrose, he will rally a bit & try walking around. Earlier in the week he was eager to eat & reached for the syringe, but now he tries to avoid it, possibly because his mouth is sore or he's losing interest in food.

     I called his vet this afternoon to see what else I could do & she gave me some super duper dextrose(50%) to give him 4 times daily. He does perk up right after. She thinks he has Pancreatic tumors, which is causing too much insulin to be in his body & that the worsening of his symptoms is because it's grown larger or spread.

      If the new dextrose doesn't work, she said I'm going to have to make that difficult decision early next week. She was understanding about how hard it is & I agreed that I needed to have the courage to do what is best for him, but I'm dreading it....

  • 8:19 pm
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