His Various Paths

Neville is doing poorly. I wrote in a  previous entry that his doctor prescribed for him an anti-biotic to see if his exceptionally high blood-sugar numbers, and the lack of insulin’s effect insulin on them, were caused by an infection. The anti-biotic has prompted Nev to throw up his food. Initially, it was just the hard-food he ate; he would regurgitate that almost immediately, but he continued to eat - and retain - his soft food. That has now changed, and he isn’t keeping anything down, and doesn’t want to eat.

I stopped giving him the medicine on Saturday, but the effects are still with him. I resorted to Cerenia yesterday afternoon, and that appeared to help, as he ate a small but decent amount of soft food last evening. This morning, he threw up the hard-food he ate, and refused any other, not unnaturally. If he still refuses food this evening, I will give him another injection of Cerenia.

The next stage of my plan for Neville depends of course on curing this latest and most pressing problem. If I can do that, I will run a curve on him this weekend. If it turns out satisfactory, another will be run the following weekend, and then a new electronic sensor will be put on him for a detailed examination of his numbers. As one can see, the Nevsky’s future can go in a number of directions. His road is still uncertain.