[dales53]

Our yorkie (Jazzie) is nearly 14 and recently had a stroke...thankfully she has all but fully recovered. As of today she is walking on all fours without assistance and eating well. She's still a little unsteady on her feet, but is doing fantastic in comparison to her recently, totally paralyzed condition. As she has diabetes and is also blind due to cataracts and has low thyroid, I am very concerned to keep her blood chemistry very well monitored. I recently went on ebay and purchased one of these blood glucose monitors that require very, very little blood to do the sampling. I figured a digital reading would be far improved from the unine strips which only tell me if things are bad, very bad or normal. My problem is that it is very difficult to get any blood sampling to use other than on her foot pads, which I really don't want to use due to the sensativity of that area to pain. If anyone could offer a suggestion: Where and/or how would be the best location and means of getting a small blood sampling for the testing. I have done some research and it appears that normal would be between 80 and 120 and mid 90's would be just about perfect. Thanks in advance for any assistance. dales53