Jesse Bear Brown

A fun afternoon with wonderful Jesse at the Purgatory Creek wetlands.

Off to a New Vet

It's hard to believe, but since I posted last, Jesse's health has been at the bottom of a totem pole of egos, mainly that of his now ex-primary vet. She was not the one who referred us to Dr. Churchill at the U; that was done by Jesse's holistic vet, the wonderful Dr. Heather Evans. So his regular vet, who seemed upset at Jesse for becoming unregulated and at me for looking outside the box to find him help, disdained making an effort to return Dr. Churchill's calls. Dr. Churchill, on the other hand, sees hundreds of patients, and has a huge work load. Needless to say, when I figured out what was going on, I decided to transfer Jesse out of that clinic and to a new one close to home. However, even doing that has been fraught with challenges. His old vet disdained to fax his record, and after repeated requests, I finally found someone who did fax them to the new vet. Now he has all the information from the U and the old vet, and we will be meeting with him tomorrow. Meanwhile, Jesse's diabetes has been unregulated during this time. He is, however, thoroughly enjoying his people-food diet, curtesy of Dr. C and the U, so I am hopeful that it is helping him to metabolize his food and insulin more effectively. We'll see.