Sigh......

It's been a crazy couple of days.  Murphy had a 3 night run of being dry thanks, I think, to the Proin medication. The eye drops are doing nothing for him, so I approached my vet about injecting the nasal spray vs. using it as drops as suggested by folks on the DI Yahoo group.  I am pretty sure she thought I was on crack.  She said there was no way you could inject the nasal spray, only the actual injectable formula.  I insisted that folks were using it as the nasal spray is more concentrated and hence, a much smaller amount is needed.  She wasn't convinced.

I gathered up all the information from the folks on the group and faxed her all the information hoping she would see that the information was accurate.  Sure enough, she called yesterday afternoon and had confirmed it and decided we could give it a try.  Murphy got his first injection of .02 last night.

Now let me tell you, .02 is an incredibly small amount.  It's about the same about as 2 drops.  On a 100 ml/10 unit insulin syringe, it's 2/10th of a unit, just two of those tiny little lines.  Bifocals?  Hell, you need a magnifying glass.  He has had 2 doses with no change so far, but he seems like he might be drinking a bit less.  If after a few days on .02 it isn't working, I may bump him up a bit.   I have to at least try this, the eye drops weren't working either.  If neither method works, then I think we need to look at this as a possible case of nephrogenic DI, which has little treatment options other than thiazides.