Things at the Cooking In Stilettos’ homestead has been crazed to say the least. For those that follow my Snapchat or Insta, you might have an inkling of what has gotten essentially my full attention lately.
My beloved Junior Sous Pug has had a chronic issue with his esophagus for the past year or so and he’s been on a steroid treatment to deal with that. In January, his steroid was switched to another steroid that was a bit more aggressive. Well, in February, we found out that Jeffie had full blown canine diabetes and pancreatitis. We caught the pancreatitis in time, but the diabetes – don’t even get me started. It is what it is – I don’t know the direct result – whether it was the new steroid that triggered the diabetes monster, the weight gain he experienced from the year’s worth of steroid treatments that set him on his path, the pancreatitis or, perhaps he was already prediabetic and it was waiting in the wings. Any way I looked at it – I couldn’t figure out the why, I just had to figure out how we were going to deal with it going forward and do everything in our power to make his life as pleasant as possible. Having had a diabetic pug before, I had an inkling of what was in store. …
