Dear friends, we just learnt that our dear friend Max from South Africa
will be undergoing surgery tomorrow.
Please pray for him and his family and I know HE will be looking after them too,
THANK U
We are well but sad on learning about Max......
will be undergoing surgery tomorrow.
Please pray for him and his family and I know HE will be looking after them too,
THANK U
We are well but sad on learning about Max......
We have not been posting owing to various reasons,
one of which is
we panicked unnecessarily when we suspected
that deCoco may be diabetic...
that deCoco may be diabetic...
Reasons for suspicion: ugly black ants on her washable pee pads on numerous occasions
Reasons for anxiety: the princess has had operations on both knees for luxated patellas /torn ligament
and because of her size and tiny veins, the vet had difficulty extracting blood from her;
in fact, he gave up trying...
so the thought of a blood test makes us jittery and Coco would probably be
traumatised enough to bite the vet again....
After numerous telephone conversations and fasting her the night before the consultation,
her wise pedicurist ( well, that's why deCoco is a princess and we're not, lol....)
suggested testing her urine with keto/glucose strips. A glucose-positive test indicates likely canine diabetes; if it shows ketones, you need to get to the veterinarian right away.
Results: glucose negative and we are repeating the test again on Monday
meanwhile, no bananas, pears etc just for this week
Hopefully, she does not have to visit the poor panic stricken vet and his assistants for awhile as
they fear this little 3 pounder LOL....
thanks for caring,
lilian &
pee ess: we also didn't post earlier as we knew the aunties would be worried too
if we didn't have answers......
