As a prior vet tech and diabetic, I wouldnt touch this

• Need help with diabetic dog - trose
  • My neice had a similar situation.... - sm
  • Literally within 5 minutes of my post - trose
  • High blood sugar isnt as urgent as low sugar. - nm
    • That is what he said. - trose
  • If you are worried, call a different vet. - MslaMT
    • Doubt diff. vet will recommend anything without - seeing dog. nm
  • As a prior vet tech and diabetic, I wouldnt touch this - with 10 ft pole. To many variables, possibilities.
    • Stress to vet office this is urgent or call emerg. vet. - Can office call vet on cell phone? nm

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rules...i want to live away from people so we can do family things outside, listen to some nice music, barbeque...things like that w/o having to worry about the nextdoor neighbor dragging his wife out by her hair and fighting, screaming...just crazy stuff...one morning i woke up and thier house was trashed...tv was broken adn outside, pinic table turned over...later i asked their kids what had happened and mom and dad had been up fighting all night...GOOD GREIF!!!

This might be long so please bear with me.  I know there are a lot of animal owners on this board and I really need help. 

I am keeping my parents min. schnauzer while they are on a cruise.  She is a diabetic and has to have insulin shots twice a day.  Normally when my parents are gone for several days they have a house sitter who takes care of the dog, but the last time they were out of town "Abby" had 3 seizures and they ended up coming home early.  the vet thinks the seizures were due to her not eating due to missing her mom.  Also so the house sitter works full-time and is not there during the day to give her her snacks.  She eats 30 mins. before her morning shot and then gets a couple of snacks throughout the day, a hard boiled egg, a couple of pieces of deli chicken, or a little celery and broccoli. 

She eats a mixture of canned food as well as dry dog food.  When I have kept her in the past she would love to eat my dog's food (all dry) but now she won't touch it.  I can't get her to eat any of her regular dog food.  In the past I could sometimes hand feed her and she would eat but now nothing.  My mom really stressed that she needed to eat her dog food especially the dry food even if it is my dog's food.  In the bag of snacks that she sent there was a small chicken breast which we gave her part of for a snack last night.  This morning she wouldn't eat her normal food so I gave her the rest of the chicken breast.  she gobbled that down and then within a minute threw it back up.  We checked her blood sugar, the meter just said "high" and per my mom's instructions we are to still give her a shot and just cut back on her food a little.  This was a little before 8:00 so I just now gave her a hard boiled egg which she ate and kept down. 

I played phone tag with the vet yesterday and he is not in the office yet today. 

I don't know what to do.  As long as she is eating something that seems healthy for her do you think I am doing the right thing? 

I was supposed to go skiing tonight with my family but am staying home with Abby just to be sure she is okay.  There have been no seizures and we have had her since Sunday but parents won't be home until the 21 and I am beginnig to turn into a nervous wreck. 

Any sugggestions are really appreciated.  Thanks!

Hey guys. My hubby is a stubborn, pain-in-the-butt diabetic who has a cellulitis infection in his left leg along the scar line from the vessel harvest for his CABG. I have BEGGED him to see a doctor but he insists his body can beat back this infection on its own. So, I'm not looking for medical advice because I KNOW he should get professional help, but are you guys familiar with such infections that have resolved on their own? Everything I am reading says he needs antibiotics to clear this but I'd love to be wrong in this case. It might keep me from having a nervous breakdown!

Thanks bunches!

Pick out your ham

Pick your favorite mustard.  (I like spicy swedish mustard)

place mustard in bowl about a cup or so (depending on how large your ham is)

add an equal amount of Brown sugar / Diabetics can use splenda

You want a paste that will cling to the ham.  In order to achieve this consistency add pineapple juice to the regular mixture or  diet sprite to the diabetic one and then smear this all over the ham.  Place in pan, cover to keep in moisture and cook according your hams directions.

I like to open it up and pour the juices over the ham.  EVEN IF you dont like mustard you will like this.  Try it it is VUNDERFUL muah lol

If you want more old time southern recipes shoot me an email I am happy to help

LIGHT HUMOR FOR A GOOD LAUGH ---Okay, typing this report, and the man is dieting because he gained some weight.  He is complaining of his stomach "making a lot of noise, gurlging, especially in the afternoon."  Uh.............................................YOU ARE HUNGRY!!  Does a woman have to tell him that, or can't he just figure that out himself.  "Honey, why is my stomach all noisy?"  LOL

That's what keeps the meat nice and moist and adds all that yummy flavor!  (course, I'm kind of a fattie from good 'ol home cookin' so take my advice on that with a grain of salt).

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My husband uses something to spy on our kids when they are online.   He can log in to his computer either on his lap top or at work and then follow their conversations if they are talking on messenger or writing emails.   He said he can even manipulate the cursor so it messes with them.  He thinks it's funny.

It makes me wonder now if he is doing the same thing to me because I notice my cursor go crazy occasionally when I'm working.  How can I tell if he has it on mine?

I already asked him point blank if he was doing it to me and he denied it of course but I don't believe him.

I have been trying to open a video of a speech my nephew gave and cannot get my computer to open it.  It asks what program to open it with (or if want to do a Internet search), and I have tried both.  The Internet thing didn't come up with anything I found useful, and my own computer only has Windows Media Player, which did not work.

My sister says it works on hers ... it does not even ask what to open; simply opens and plays.  She cannot tell what program it is using. 

The file says it's a MP-4 auto file if that helps.

Thanks for any help you can give me. 

I wonder if Pebble Tech is the right choice.  One adult, four animals, 1400 sq. foot.  What I am concerned about is being able to keep it clean and how comfortable they are to walk on with bare feet.  Cost is fairly reasonable when compared to tile and the look I like (the beach!).

Anyone have experience with this type of flooring?  Will it make my home look like a business rather than a home?  Is keeping it clean a hassle? 

Thank you much!

In Blacksburg, VA.  Someone went on a shooting rampage and he and at least 20 others are confirmed dead.  My son is in high school but was there today on a field trip.  He and his class were walking on campus when a professor took them to a safe room in the basement of a building.  My son used his cell (wasn't supposed to have it with him but thank goodness he did) to call my hubby, and he came home from work to tell me.  I of course went all to pieces but am a little better now. Just can't imagine what the parents of the other students are going through. They are now allowed to leave as soon as the can find the bus and bus driver.  He was sent to another part of the campus.  Just needed to talk about this a little.  Thanks for listening.