Scary morning for Chester and me.
Chester's been acting a bit strange the last week or so. I think his insulin needs adjusting.
This morning at 5am I got up to go to the bathroom and asked Chester if he needed to go out too. He acted very very strange. He wouldn't move away from the door and didn't react to my voice at all. He sniffed A LOT. He went into the guest room and sniffed himself into a corner. He didn't react to my voice at all and he kept running into things that were right in front of him! When I tried to get him to go outside he acted like he didn't even SEE the door.
Well, I'm sure you've all guessed by now what is happening. I think Chester is going blind. He wouldn't go out. and I had to coax him back to the bedroom by letting him sniff a treat in my hand. I brought him up onto my bed and he didn't know where he was. He just stayed right beside me. (He NEVER does that! He sleeps in the opposite side of the bed from me!) He wouldn't MOVE from my side. I kept talking to him and snuggling him trying to comfort him. It was as if he didn't know what was going on. The sweet boy kept kissing me and kissing me as if to say, "OH it's YOU Momma"
After an hour of this, it was time for me to get up. As I moved away from him he freaked out. I had the light on and he lurched forward and fell onto my night stand. I picked him up and put him on the floor and he was spread eagled and scooted across the floor and into a closet! He couldn't WALK! So now, I'm guessing he's gone blind AND lost the use of his legs. :o( (OH, and I suspected he'd lost his hearing too!)
I didn't panic. I got up and got him his breakfast and his dose of insulin. he ate lying spread eagle on the floor.
After he ate and had his insulin, I moved away from him and began to get ready to go to work (there's no WAY I can miss work to take him to the vet - I've only been at this new job for 3 months) I decided I would wake my son and tell him to take care of the dog today and that I would make an appointment for 5pm and he would meet me at the vet with Chester.
As I moved away from him, he got up, and followed me out to the living room and went right to the back door as if to say, "HEY! I need to go out now!"
JUST LIKE THAT?! About 5 minutes after eating and having his insulin.!!!!
Here's my guess at what happened: I got home late from work last night. My son said he had fed Chester and had given him his insulin. My guess is that he somehow didn't get the needle in the right place or not all the way in or whatever.
I'm very relieved at this, but I have told my son to keep an eye on the dog today. I still want to take him to the vet today to see if we need to adjust his insulin (maybe 3 times a day instead of just 2?)
Anyone else know anything about this?
This morning at 5am I got up to go to the bathroom and asked Chester if he needed to go out too. He acted very very strange. He wouldn't move away from the door and didn't react to my voice at all. He sniffed A LOT. He went into the guest room and sniffed himself into a corner. He didn't react to my voice at all and he kept running into things that were right in front of him! When I tried to get him to go outside he acted like he didn't even SEE the door.
Well, I'm sure you've all guessed by now what is happening. I think Chester is going blind. He wouldn't go out. and I had to coax him back to the bedroom by letting him sniff a treat in my hand. I brought him up onto my bed and he didn't know where he was. He just stayed right beside me. (He NEVER does that! He sleeps in the opposite side of the bed from me!) He wouldn't MOVE from my side. I kept talking to him and snuggling him trying to comfort him. It was as if he didn't know what was going on. The sweet boy kept kissing me and kissing me as if to say, "OH it's YOU Momma"
After an hour of this, it was time for me to get up. As I moved away from him he freaked out. I had the light on and he lurched forward and fell onto my night stand. I picked him up and put him on the floor and he was spread eagled and scooted across the floor and into a closet! He couldn't WALK! So now, I'm guessing he's gone blind AND lost the use of his legs. :o( (OH, and I suspected he'd lost his hearing too!)
I didn't panic. I got up and got him his breakfast and his dose of insulin. he ate lying spread eagle on the floor.
After he ate and had his insulin, I moved away from him and began to get ready to go to work (there's no WAY I can miss work to take him to the vet - I've only been at this new job for 3 months) I decided I would wake my son and tell him to take care of the dog today and that I would make an appointment for 5pm and he would meet me at the vet with Chester.
As I moved away from him, he got up, and followed me out to the living room and went right to the back door as if to say, "HEY! I need to go out now!"
JUST LIKE THAT?! About 5 minutes after eating and having his insulin.!!!!
Here's my guess at what happened: I got home late from work last night. My son said he had fed Chester and had given him his insulin. My guess is that he somehow didn't get the needle in the right place or not all the way in or whatever.
I'm very relieved at this, but I have told my son to keep an eye on the dog today. I still want to take him to the vet today to see if we need to adjust his insulin (maybe 3 times a day instead of just 2?)
Anyone else know anything about this?
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Comment by Wendt Worth Corgi's on January 14, 2009 at 12:31am
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It really sounds like the diabetes but disorientation like that can also be seizures. Sometimes it takes them most the day to come fully out of it but considering the fact you gave him his dose in the AM and he snapped out of it really suggests that was the problem. Maybe your son did not get the full dose injected or the dose needs to be increased for the length of periods between injections. Good luck and I do hope everything is okay.
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Comment by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on January 13, 2009 at 7:20pm
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Good Luck at the vet, be careful out there, let us know what the vet has to say. Thank Goodness Chester was beter after you gave him his insulin.
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Comment by Kristen on January 13, 2009 at 4:21pm
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good luck at the vet! Chester is way worth it, but do be careful.
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Comment by ChestersMom on January 13, 2009 at 3:33pm
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YAY! We have an appt with his vet at 5:30!!! (someone cancelled because the weather is so bad!)
Chester is WORTH the bad weather risk to me!
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Comment by LORRAINE on January 13, 2009 at 3:33pm
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Hey ChesterMom, hope you get to the bottom of this and that Chester is soon on the mend. Keep us informed!!!
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*hugs for everyone* Thank you for your comforting words.
Sam, I'm pretty sure it's the "diabeetus". He's only been this way one other time and that's when he was first diagnosed.
BLACK SHEEP? PA? HARDLY! (I wanted to be a pathologist but flunked first semester of college chem :o( )
ANYONE in the medical fields, right down to the ones who mop the floors, are some of the most important people EVER!
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Comment by Sam Tsang on January 13, 2009 at 1:54pm
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Hi ChesterMom, I have access to several M.D. and Vets in the family:) Since I'm the black-sheep, I only worked as a PA in Cardiac and Diabetic rehab. Do you know if DM caused the loss in mobility? There are several members who share similar conditions here, may be you can connect with them for help :)
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Hey,, what a scare! It does sound a bit like insulin shock. Hope all continues to go well.good luck at the Vet. Chester's quick recovery is a blessing. Keep us updated.
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Thanks Sam, are you a vet?! :) you sure sound like one! He lost the use of his legs when he was first diagnosed.
It's snowing really really bad here and my son and I have a meeting with his teacher (tutoring) after work tonight so I won't be able to get him in tonight unless she cancels because of the weather.
I WILL make sure he gets in tomorrow if not today.
Thanks for all the good thoughts.
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Hey Chester's mom, i'm so sorry to hear what you're going through. Diabetes CAN cause blindness, but it has to be quite a late stage to cause that, have you vet check his eye sight and see, sometimes it can be just really low blood sugar and he might have been in shock earlier, that' why the disorientation...etc. Now neuropathy can happen with diabetes, usually early signs are old wounds that don't heal, you may find sores that doesn't quite heal, it began with a loss in sensation, I don't think it actually causes immobilization. Could that be something else? Anyways, you may want to get a second opinion, keep us updated!
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