Yay! Will be very interesting to see what his PMPS is!
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Although I can tell you this: There have been a couple of times that I've seen my cat's BG #s drop/rise by a significant amount at an incredibly fast rate - not all that common, but it does happen sometimes ... That's the interesting thing about diabetic cats: Every now & then, they can just throw you a really oddd curve-ball. I suppose we can just say it helps keep us on our toes!
Ok, Cara - that was just fine! (And the right thing to do at this point.*) Don't give any more - not until you wait about 20-25 min to see if he's rising again.
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Ok, will do. I feel like I am a character in a suspenseful movie.... Waiting to see what comes next! LOL. Now he will be higher at PMPS than he would have been.... I will check him at 5:45 (+11) and at 6:15 to see how much change we are getting... It is 5pm here now - any plus side to checking him again before 45 min?
Oh, I know ... that happened to me just last night when I poked Bat's ear. Sometimes seems to be no good reason for it - except maybe because he'd been jumping around for a while earlier, his blood was pumping a bit harder.
Ha! Yeah, this is actually better than the movie I was watching on TCM when you tagged me (the old SciFi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still - which I've seen about 50 times in my life already
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Only that you should actually be able to see his BG# rising within 30 minutes after you've fed him something ... and as he had been continuing to drop, I'd prefer you check him just a little bit sooner than 45.
Ok good plan. 30 min after that food he is 71...
No. It's 5:30 here now and I would normally check at 6:15 and feed/shoot at 6:30.
Actually, that might be the safer choice for tonight - that way, Cara can probably get a better night's sleep, too. (Assuming we even see him make it to 150. But maybe we'll get lucky, eh?)
Thanks, Carl. I saw Robin's advice about waiting after I wrote what I wrote. I will stall and see if he is a good boy to do a late ear-stick. He has a watch inside his head that knows exactly when 6:25 rolls around. If the food is later than that, he is not testable, sometimes! Dances around like a fat boy wanting a cheeseburger.
Ha, that makes life interesting, having to ear-poke a moving target!
Good deal. I will wait. I kinda want to shoot a real low dose. So I am thinking that the 1u if he gets above 150 sounds SO much better than no injection... Hmmm. Why do I think that? Anyway, I will not get up in the night if I don't shoot, but if I shoot anything at all, I will check him. Ok?
I think it's because your natural instincts are telling you that going from no dose at all & then to a dose of a couple of units for the very next cycle is harsher to his system. And I think your instincts are probably correct!
Now that is funny and quite a visual! Good luck with the reducie!
Dang... Well I stalled until 6:45 and he's 88. No dose tonight! So I will sleep, and he'll go to 400-500 like he did before, right? Dang. How is this good?I think it's because your natural instincts are telling you that going from no dose at all & then to a dose of a couple of units for the very next cycle is harsher to his system. And I think your instincts are probably correct!
This tells us that the dose was too much this AM for that number. That's information we can use later. Also, we know the insulin is working for Wynk and we know that he can get into the lower ranges. So..there is good news. Plus, since you are skipping, it gives both of you a break tonight. You can both get some sleep and his ears can get a break.
Well ... this is good news in that it's telling you he really does need a dose reduction - and a dose reduction means that his pancreas is waking up!
Well, the 2.4 looks like too much to me for the 350+ range. I agree that having two shootable numbers a day is important for him and for you. It is so hard to guess how much to reduce; so much easier to figure out an increase....
Nah! He's been on less food for about 12 days now. I do think his pancreas is starting to kick in. (Hey, you're not really one of those "the glass is half empty" people, are you? 'Cause if you are ... we can change that over time!
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Nah! He's been on less food for about 12 days now. I do think his pancreas is starting to kick in. (Hey, you're not really one of those "the glass is half empty" people, are you? 'Cause if you are ... we can change that over time!
@Rachel Oh, trust me, Rachel: I certainly have my black moments! Like this morning, when I woke up and saw that Bat-Bat had decided to celebrate the New Year by eating part of a festive Christmas ribbon:
And this was my reaction: 
(I'm sure you can imagine the expletives.) I think she chewed off and swallowed about 1.5"-2" - it's very thin fabric, and only about a 1/2" wide. But it's also somewhat shiny, which makes me wonder whether it has some nylon in it. I'm hoping that her stomach acids will break it down so that she just poops it out tomorrow. So now we're on Tootsie Roll Patrol. Heck, there's a kitty named Gracie who sadly crossed the bridge recently that nadired at +14 regularly. Think about how much fun that was to wrap your head around!
Oh Robin what a weird thing, when she's never done it before. Crap! (Literally!) so you just have to keep looking for it in her poop!?