Champ has been sick.

I'm sure that most of you have heard, but I thought I would dedicate a post to Champ. :)

Champ has been really sick. He stopped eating his dog food, then got into some BBQ scraps off the grill in the back yard. He started vomiting and would not eat or drink anything. When we took him to the vet's office they were very concerned. His glucose levels were off the charts and he was spilling ketones into his urine. Blood tests revealed that Champ's diabetes had escalated to diabetes ketoacidosis and he had pancreatitis (thank you, BBQ). It is a serious form of diabetes that could be fatal. We left him at the animal hospital and they started an iv with an insulin drip in attempt to flush the ketones out of his system and get his blood sugar under control. After 3 days, he was feeling much better and was able to come home.

(He kept blinking w/the flash from the camera)


Champ had a follow-up visit a few days later and the vet was very impressed with his progress. His glucose was still really high, but he still looked so much better. We have increased his insulin amount and the outlook is good. The plan is to keep Champ on his feeding/insulin routine and keep him out of our food. He should have a great quality of life as long as we can keep his blood sugar under control. We do know that even with us monitoring him closely, this can happen again. We are very hopeful (and so is the vet) that he will continue to do well and stay in our family for a while longer.