Lady Grace stopped eating and we were scared that she had a tumor in her mouth since that area in particular was very painful and swollen.   Because of her diabetes it was imperative that Grace regain a healthy appetitie quickly so that we could continue to give her her normal dose of insulin and not cause any disruption in her glucose regulation.  She was sent to a specialty hospital and examined by a veterinary dental specialist.  The good news was that Grace did not have a tumor — in fact the swellling of her left jaw was an abscess from an infected tooth root.  Grace was immediately put under anesthesia with top of the line monitoring of her respiration (due to her history of asthma) and had dental x-rays taken.  It appeared that more than one tooth was not very healthy and the veterinary dentist needed to remove 9 teeth!  Grace returned to her foster care home for post operative care and initially could only eat a special canned food that was good for both her diabetes and her dental extractions. 

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