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An update on Edward:
His blood glucose levels have become more normal, still not exactly where we want them but definitely more stable. In the AM he is reading between 10-14, my mom stopped the reading at noon as we hate to pick him more than we have to. It had been generally lower. And by the PM reading he is back up in the teens and we assume he drops overnight after the insulin.
That being said, Saturday evening my mom noticed that he had one pupil that is extremely dialated and one that is constricted. It didn't seem to cause him any pain or discomfort. On Tuesday evening he walked into the living room and his back legs gave out on him, followed by his front legs. He toppled over onto his head and just proceded to lay down. He does have trouble walking at any given time because he really walks down on his hocks, but never like this. He didn't seem to be stressed or in pain, he was responsive and continued purring. After about 20 minutes he got up and walked away normally.
He had a couple more episodes between then and 1:00am.
Wednesday, same thing. He had a couple episodes during the day. Otherwise he is completely normal. Nothing has changed on him. We took some glucose readings during these episodes and blood was in the high teens. He runs outside every morning and has to go down two flights of stairs to the backyard (it is fenced and he is unable to jump) just as perky as ever, eating normal etc.
We made a vet appointment for today (Thurs) and thus far he has had no episodes today. The vet is completely stumped, she is not sure what is causing the dialated eye or the collapsing. The best guess she could come up with is that maybe it is related to the neuropathy? She said she could give us a referral to a specialist if needed. I think at this point we are going to wait and see whether is gets better or worse. Vet admits she is not an expert on these difficult diabetic cases. Im just wondering if you have heard of these symptoms?
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