Etta seems worse this morning so we head to the local vet with the intention of declaring an emergency. When we arrived, they suddenly had the time to squeeze us into their schedule (which did not seem that busy). After an exam, urine tests and blood tests, the vet had us bring Etta back to the office. Her glucose levels were extremely high. One of the side effects of Cushing’s disease is diabetes. After talking with the vet, we decided that this had probably been building all summer since Etta has been more lethargic than normal. We attributed it to the extreme heat in Las Vegas but we now believe it was due to her glucose levels going up. The vet told us we would need to begin giving her insulin injections but the exact dosage would require a multiday test that they were not able to handle at the moment (the vet office was also the Animal Control office and all the kennels were full with strays that had been picked up). We would also need to repeat her Cushing’s test to see if the medicine dosage for that needed to be increased since that could also be the cause of the elevated glucose. The vet said we could begin here on 4 units of insulin, once a day as a way to make her feel better until we could get her to another testing facility. So she showed us how to give her the shots and supplied us with insulin and needles. When we got Etta back to the Wanderer, we could already see she was feeling better. Her tail was up and wagging and she had more energy. We called the vet in Albuquerque we had been to in March and made the earliest appointment we could (Saturday) to get her in for the tests. Then changed our reservations at the RV parks (here and in Albuquerque).
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