At my wit's end with Jesse

dturm wrote:
With the worsening cataracts and the increased water consumption I wonder if the insulin dose or kind of insulin is correct despite the recent curve results. I have not used, but there have been some who have used a Dexcom constant glucose monitor to get a better idea of glucose levels over time in diabetic.

Chasing down these types of problems that don't appear to have the "typical" causes are certainly frustrating, time consuming and costly.

Some questions I have: What are Urinalysis results, particularly SpGr, protein and glucose. What are elecrolyte values?

Depending on results, has anyone suggested a water deprivation test?

They checked for Cushing's, what about Addison's?



This is a pretty good article on diagnostic for PU/PD
VIN article

Addison's, Cushings, everything. All test results normal. You name it, they've tested for it although I am not sure on the water deprivation test. I will ask on that. He is on 11 units of Vetsulin after both meals. He has also gotten very clingy since his eye sight started to fail so that is why I am wondering if it's a "learned" behavior-he barks, we come. We tried NOT coming one morning when he had been up multiple times and it was disastrous. He pooped in his crate, which isn't that big a deal, but he managed to push his head through the space between the bottom of the crate door and the crate frame. He got stuck and started screaming. Thankfully he was not hurt.

We have had a few nights when he only got up twice. I probably should have been more specific about daytime water consumption-he gulps it down first thing in the a.m. but for the rest of the day until he goes to bed it's pretty normal and he does not pee a lot. The cycle starts at bedtime which is why we are wondering how much might be behavior. I will look into the water deprivation issue.