Hey Belinda, I called my vet yesterday to ask if he thought that I should start adding potassium to Julie's subQ fluids. She is hyperT, and gets Tapazole/Meth. compounded 2x per day. Her back legs are pretty weak, and after reading about Fred's weak back legs, and that you are supplementing him with potassium, I called to check with my vet. He said not to do that because potassium overdoses are serious and happen often, and that we'd have to take her blood all the time to check the potassium levels. I don't think he looked at her potassium numbers though. My questions are these: 1) When I go home tonight to check her numbers off the last bloodwork she had, which number am I looking for? Is potassium pk? 2) If her numbers are low, do you think it would be wise for me to supplement some considering the weakness in her hind legs? I do agree that I don't want to take her blood more than we already are, about every four months. She's so old and small. 3) If I do supplement, where do I get potassium and how much should I do?
Thanks for your advice, Julie and I really appreciate it, :) Wendy "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
