We lost Frankie this morning. She had been in intensive care for 3 days. I did find out from the vet tech that was caring for her that her last day she had a great walk with her, and came in and walked around the work room with her. It makes me feel a little better. She in fact was doing better which is why it comes as a shock. Her BGs were down and she was keeping food down. But like the vet tech said, maybe there was more wrong with her than we thought or knew.
Her previous owner did not have her tested for diabetes but suspected something when he decided he did not want to keep her any longer. She peed alot and drank alot is what he told us and he suspected diabetes and did not want to deal with all that entails. He was taking her to the SPCA. We intervened and had her checked and sure enough she had diabetes. We decided to keep her since I already had one diabetic dog.
I found out diabetes is different for each dog as it is with people. My other diabetic dog has different needs and he has been stable with insulin for about 3 years. He will be 12 this year. That's another thing. The previous owner did not really know how old she was. He got her as a puppy, why would you not know how old your dog was, even her birthday? Most of our dogs we know their birthdays. So she may have been older than he said which was 4 yrs old. The vet even thought she looked older. Diabetes usually doesn't set in dogs till 6-8 yrs although I know there is exceptions.
We will miss her. She was a sweet and gentle soul. And to let you know how karma works, her previous owner got diagnosed with diabetes shortly after he gave her up. What do you know.
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