Another Mishka update

(Mishka and I at the park last week)

Mishka had another (seems to be an expensive weekly event) vet visit yesterday. She had a bad bout of diarrhea and had been on her new liver medication for almost two weeks so was due for another full blood panel.

Last week I had worked hard adding natural food (mackerel, ground turkey etc..) to her meals trying to get her to gain weight. It worked but the short day and half of loose stool this week made her loose a small amount of weight.

My vet was pleased to hear how happy and perky she was (I mentioned her chance to work sheep for a short time). He said her heart rate was great, and overall she was looking fine (knowing all that is going on with her blood panel and blood glucose curves).

Sadly she is very time consuming to keep happy and healthy. We are still testing her blood glucose at least 4-6 times a day, and giving insulin 3 - 4 times a day. But so far it is working so well, and I am making the time to do it.

Yesterday's blood panel came back today ... and IT IS GOOD NEWS!! The liver pills she has been taking appear to be helping. The liver numbers are not in the normal range, but they are better than they were before!! So we are going to continue with them and hope for the best. Sadly her red blood cell count is down .... so the vets are investigating if there is a way to safely raise that.

She is happy and perky ... which makes this all worth while!!

Mishka and I enjoying the sun and getting a snack. (taken last week)