[Tink04]

Hello all, I just wanted to give a little update on Miss Tinkerbell. We hope you all had a great holiday .
Tink is doing well - I was lucky to have off work from dec. 25 - jan. 4 and I loved being able to spend as much time as I could with her. I got really spoiled on this break, being able to spend so much time with her - but at least I can come home on my lunch break everyday, the longest I am away from home is 8:00-noon, I am so thankful I live close to work.

Her blood sugar is staying in a good range(80-40s when we check) and her doctors say that is good (for her). I took her for a nail trim at her vet's and the vet and techs said, "She looks good!", yay! I often forget anything is wrong with her, since she acts happy. I hope that maybe we caught it early...

We have a recheck with her specialist Jan 19, and hopefully they will give us good news. In the meantime, she is happy, eating well, and seems to be doing good - which is all that I can ask for. I started mixing chicken in with her canned food to encourage her to eat for her 3:30 am feeding, which has turned into "chicken every meal" .

I am now a part of a "Dogs with Insulinoma" group on Yahoo, where people share information about dogs they have, or have had that have struggled with this disease. It's such a vague disease, but there are many pups who have lived well on years on medical management. I am feeling better about not doing surgery, as people have mentioned the tumor returned a month later, or the recovery was not good for their pup. If she was younger, I would consider more, but going on 11 is rather up there for an invasive surgery without guarantee. Instead, we are going to make her as comfortable as possible, and medication appears to be working well so far, which I pray can continue.

Thank you all for keeping Tink in your thoughts and prayers, I'm going to try and get some pics uploaded on here - best wishes to you all and your pups!


Much love,
Tinkerbell