Tony is home! We picked him up this afternoon. The Vet’s office was a bit disorganized today. They were going to go back and just give him to us. We told them we needed to be taught how to inject him, what to feed him, etc. We waited about 30 minutes to be taken to a room.
The Vet came in (not the one that has been treating Tony) and she handed us the insulin. We had to slow her down and tell her to start from the top and tell us all we needed to know. It took her a bit to realize we didn’t know anything about caring for him. She told us how to give him a shot but we didn’t get to practice or actually see it done. Hopefully at 8:00 tonight we can figure it out.
The insulin he is on costs $125 a bottle. It should last for about two to three months although the bottle says to throw it out after 60 days. We will ask next week when we take Tony in for a follow up if we have to do that. They gave us 100 free needles and a box to dispose of the old ones in. The Vet said we could use the same needle twice.
He can’t have food on demand all day for a bit. We will feed him twice a day at 8:00 am and 8:00 pm and then give him a shot. After he stabilizes for a bit he might get to go back to grazing his food. We will see what happens.
They had him on a dose of 5 units but this afternoon his sugar dropped to 50 so the Vet said to try 4 units for the next week. We take him back a week from tomorrow for a blood sugar check and the dose may get adjusted then. Crossing our fingers that we will get through this first week OK and not put him in danger.
I had a really bad night of sleep last night. I even took a NyQuill and that didn’t help. I had the shakes a couple times during the night. Took three hot baths and that didn’t help. Sure hope the worse is behind me and tonight will be an easier night to find sleep. I have had a NyQuill hangover all day.
I got 12 dozen Snickerdoodle cookies baked this afternoon. That is about all I have done today. I have my cleaning bucket ready to go so after dinner I will get the woodwork on the stair case cleaned and the two bathrooms downstairs cleaned. Tomorrow I will start on the upstairs and get it cleaned. I have two days left to get that done.
Thursday I will mow and get the outside work done. Friday I will make the potato salad and deviled eggs and do any last minute cleaning. Saturday is the day!
Tonight is the full moon and Wednesday is Fall Equinox. The energy is stirred up right now. Maybe that is why I couldn’t sleep last night.
Grateful Tony is home, grateful the cookies are all baked, and grateful for what little sleep I did get last night.