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HI Tina
I am getting a bit worried about you, have not seen you online for a ages and usually you pop in during the night, I really hope you are feeling ok and whatever you had has resolved!! I miss my middle of the night pitstop mate!! Hope to see you soon and your looking after yourself and not working too hard and Jasper and Shelby are still doing good! xxxx
Hi guys,
Thank you all so much for checking in on us and so sorry to cause any worry. I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted. Unfortunately I have had a lot going on the past week and a half or so with work, and have continued to struggle with headaches off and on, although not nearly as bad as that first one. It seems it is just always under the surface. Also I have been just wiped out tired. I checked in with my Dr and she mentioned checking for West Nile if I don't feel better. :eek: :eek: I really don't think it is that, I didn't have a fever or neck pain per se. Yikes! I don't even want to think about that. Work has just been so busy, I don't know what the solution is there other than cloning myself! :rolleyes:
I have been trying to keep caught up on the forum, there sure is a lot going on. And now they have put additional internet monitoring protocols in effect at work, so I don't feel comfortable checking on things during the day like I used to. Drat!
Jasper seems to be feeling pretty good, although his water intake has continued to be consistently increased even though it has cooled off a bit here. So I am worried some about that. I will post more on him a bit later. I wanted to get a quick post in so you all would know I was still alive and kicking!
Hugs to all,
Tina and Jasper xo
Hey Tina
Hope you feel better soon, is hard to split yourself between so many places and your interrupted sleep routine could be contributing. I did wake up for many months for Tia and it is something your body gets used to but it's not natural
I know what you mean about work. If only we didn't have to!
Glad to hear Jasper is doing ok for the most part
Love
Mel
Xxxx
So pleased to see you post Tina, I have been a little worried. Darn those headaches, maybe its your body telling you to slow down a little and take a vacation!! Eek, don't like the sound of that Nile Fever :eek::eek: Maybe you should have more tests to find out what it is :confused: you need time off work to recover if it is some nasty virus working like a Trojan is not going to help!
I don't check the forum at work, for the same reasons as you. Do have a quick look sometimes on my phone.
Pleased to hear Jasper is holding his own, still thirsty though stink.. maybe he needs a tweak or something :)
So nice to see you xx
Thanks Mel. Yes, you are exactly right. I think that my unconventional sleep pattern may absolutely be contributing to the headaches. I am just not sure why it is happening now all of a sudden when I have had interrupted sleep due to Jasper's middle of the night pit stops for many months now. I guess maybe it is catching up with me. You are so right, I have adjusted but it is not natural at all. But there is not a lot I can do about it. :(
Trish, I do finally have some time off scheduled, beginning 8/12. Yay! Will be off for the week, my Mom is coming from Texas for a visit. Really looking forward to it, and to a bit of a rest. And Jasper and Shelby are overdue for some spoiling! :p :)
A bit of an update on Jasper finally. I mentioned previously that we were going to be checking his labwork to see if we could try getting him off the Percorten. His injection was due 7/15, so instead of getting the injection, his electrolytes were drawn as a baseline of sorts. Sodium and potassium were both in the normal range, so we held the Percorten. (Yay!). Plan was for the next electrolytes check in 10 days and monitor for loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased energy. He had the second check done on 7/24 (actually 9 days later but that was when I could get him in). Sodium and potassium still both in the normal range. (Double yay!). No adverse symptoms noted, and eating good. Next blood work scheduled for 10 days.
I took him in on Saturday 8/3 for this last blood draw, this time electrolytes and a full chem panel to check the kidney values, protein and albumin, etc also. I should get the results tomorrow. Well I guess actually later today now. :o If the sodium and potassium continue to be WNL and stable, then we can discontinue the Percorten injections. I am anticipating that this will be the case. I am a bit worried about the kidney values since he is drinking and peeing so much more again now. They have always been in the normal range in the past, so hoping for the same again.
So that is where we are at right now. Last month my vet said she wanted to wait another month to recheck the UPC, so I will ask about that again when she calls with these latest results. I am just nervous about the kidney values since his drinking has increased over the past month or so. I want to see where the urine protein is at now also. The last check where it was still high but significantly improved was done 5/4. So it has been 3 months.
Like I said, he seems to be feeling good for the most part, and I am so grateful for that. I tell him every day how proud I am of him. I will let you know when I get the latest results.
Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo
Hi Tina
Darn I missed you!! Came in from work, computer on and then did dinner for the boy etc etc then you posted in the meantime :D That is fabulous news that Jasper is off the Percoten, so good to discontinue a medication :D:D I was very pleased to read that so hopefully the blood tests later today will confirm he is still doing well without it! Maybe I should wait longer for the UPC instead of doing it every month like we have been. Do not trust Flynnikin to behave for that long thought!! But I am waiting a bit longer this time, another three weeks till he is due.
YAY your Mom is coming and you have time off work, you have been so busy at work and everything else, plus the whole not sleeping properly thing so it is no wonder your body is protesting with headaches etc!!
Will be checking in tonight to see the results, so see you then! xx
Hey Tina. Hope those headaches go away. Are they pressure related at all? Those types can be real killers sometimes, or stress even. Poor thing.
So glad to hear that Jasper is doing so good and not needing the percoten injections! yay!
Take is easy and get some "me" time into that schedule. :)
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Thanks Sharlene, not sure if the headaches are pressure related, they certainly could be. The old head has been better for the past couple of days, so I will take that! Yes, it will be really nice if we can stop the Percorten. :)
Well, we are up for our SECOND pit stop during the night/morning, I am so hoping that this is not going to start being a pattern again. :( I didn't hear from my vet on Monday with lab results. She doesn't work on Tuesdays or Thursdays, so I called yesterday and talked to a vet assistant who said the results weren't back yet. That is odd, usually they would have been back by Monday as the blood is sent to a local lab.
Although I am not good at waiting, it was almost a relief to hear that the results weren't back yet. In my mind I was thinking that maybe my vet didn't call because the results weren't good. That is so dumb, she has never not called as soon as lab results were available. I guess I am letting irrational fear take over since Jasper is drinking (and peeing) quite a bit more again. I expect I will hear from the vet today. I will post the results when I have them. Fingers and paws are crossed.
Hugs,
Tina and Jasper
Good news about stopping the Percoten, way to go Jasper:):)
I'm am sorry about the headaches, I suffer from them too and know they are no fun and very draining. I am so glad you have a week off and time to visit with your mom. Just a break in your routine can sometimes help the headache cycle. One time my doctor told me I needed to go away to stop the cycle. At the time, my daughter worked for the air lines so off we went to the Bahamas :) Doctor's orders!!!! I came back headache free and stayed that way for some months.
Keeping everything crossed for a good vet report. Zoe say woof, Jasper, good luck:):):)
Hi Tina,
Those migraines suck, don't they. I get them too! :o:( I am so sorry :o
Love to hear that Jasper is off one of his meds. :) waiting to hear a great vet report! Go Jasper!:D xxxxxx