Musings on a Small Life

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Below is how I usually feel on Mondays, especially this week with a particular work "thing" on both Wednesday and Friday. (I had fantasies of quitting/retiring before we had to do this unnecessary and unwanted  team thing again, but alas, it's not to be.) On a good note, I got Derry's fructosamine results back from the vet today: The result was 382, down from 720 in September, which is terrific. The reference range, as listed above, is 143 - 373, but I also see at the end that under 405 is "good regulation." So fingers and paws are crossed that this continues.  🤞🙏 Derry wasn't cranky, below, he was making lovey eyes at me and wanting cuddles. Isn't this the truth, below?! Every time I clean! I should be so lucky to get five minutes out of it. Ha! Take care, all. Yesterday evening's wispy clouds.

Courtesy of Pinterest, as usual! I think this one, below, is called retirement.  :-D ****** Derry went back to the vet clinic yesterday to have the old Freestyle Libre senor removed and a new one put on. I took a glucometer with me and had the tech do a glucose reading with it while the old sensor was on, so I could then scan the old sensor and see if the numbers were close. Glucometer: 4.6 Old senor: 4.4 This means that yes, the senor has been working properly and giving accurate readings, which was a relief to me, as I have no desire to stress Derry (or myself) out by trying to prick his ears with a needle unless I absolutely have to. The new sensor was applied to Derry's left side this time, and will be good for another 14 days. I also had the vet tech take a blood sample and am having the serum fructosamine test re-run. Derry has had no insulin since early morning on October 15th and so far has been reading within normal levels. So a double-check of the fructosamine is in orde...

It's been ten days of a "fun" roller coaster with Derry's glucose numbers.  He spent most of our Thanksgiving weekend hypoglycemic, because 2.5 units, 2.0 units, even 1.0 and 0.5 units of insulin just once a day dropped his glucose like a stone. He got corn syrup numerous times, along with tons of treats, and I spent much of the holiday weekend texting with a very kind, patient and helpful blogger. In fact, since Derry had the Freestyle Libre sensor applied on October 7, he's had nine hypoglycemic incidents, according to the data. His glucose level has to be in the mid-teens before it's safe to give him even the 0.5 units, which is crazy. Currently he's been without any insulin since 6 AM on Saturday morning and still is reading in the normal range. The sensor will "die" at the end of the week, and when I take him back to the vet clinic (hopefully Friday) to have a new one applied, I will have them draw a blood sample to rerun the serum fructos...

Happy Friday and happy Thanksgiving (October 10) to those of you (us) in Canada. I hope everyone has a good long weekend. As usual, the cartoons/graphics come from my Pinterest feed.  :-) And a bit of inspiration/life advice if you need it right now (I do!). Derry is off to the vet this afternoon to have the Freestyle Libre device applied; poor little mite. It took him several days after his last appointment on the 28th to really start eating again (he's had a viral flare-up since the last appointment, stress-induced I'm sure). I'll ask for a Cerenia injection for him this time (had done the first appointment, forgot on the 28th), maybe that will help. I've given him some gabapentin this morning, but had done the last time also.  It's a challenging position for me to be in: How much to do I push him, how much do I force him to endure? I have the means to care for his body, but what of his spirit? This thought circles around and around in my head, and I'm doing m...

  Spied early AM on Monday the 3rd.