Heading into Evening with 306

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I think I updated Fergus's sheet correctly. Does it look right? It was chilly last night, would that impact his BS?

I am filling in for my wife while shes at work.

Thanks
 
So, AMPS is 88? Have you given the shot? Were there any test overnight (none show on the SS)?

Good daddy for helping while mama is at work :D
 
If you haven't shot yet, you might want to wait. It doesn't look like your wife has shot that low a number before. If you can delay feeding and retest in 20-30 minutes, it would be good.
 
If you can't monitor. Do not give the cat insulin with that 88. If you can, test after 1 hour. But you should really wait until over 150. its possible if you shoot, you may need to stay with him for over 10 hours
 
How long ago was the 88? I would test immediately if it was an hour or more. You don't want to let the bg go below 50. If the test is lower than 90 I would feed immediately. If less than 70 I would give a medium carb food.
 
I know it's really hard to test. I hate it, but you need to see what he's doing. It's to keep him safe.
 
Unless Fergus goes shooting up ... I think you best skip the shot today.

You don't have enough data yet to shoot this low.....

Do you know if you are doing tight regulation or SLGS ( go slow)
IF it's slgs, a dose reduction was earned with the 68.... which would put the new dose at 1.25
 
95 is a good safe number. In your situation I would skip the shot, feed as usual and retest at next scheduled preshot.
 
Hi everyone.
This Is Trisha, Fergus' Mama.
Thank you so much for being a resource to my DH> Ferg's Daddy. I got caught at work late (Nurse, so I can't up and leave)
You have the story above.
Ferg seems ok, a little weak but maybe not more than he has been. We are feeding him whatever he will eat. I realize it is not hypo but it is low for him.

I picked up a higher carb food on the way home. It has 25 Carbs per can. If he only gets half the can he will still get 25% of his serving as carbs right?

Anyway. I mixed it with a bit of homemade chicken broth (I boil the rotisserie chicken carcasses down and strain).
So he has kitty soup. He is not real interested.
He has had a 3 portions of the perfect portions sheba food which is low carb prior to this higher carb food.

I hate to skip a dose. I worry it will make him shoot up later. However, it is better than too low. I need to reread SLGS to get the levels of doses down better, since I did not realize you could earn a reduction with certain bs readings. I thought you HAD to hold the Dose for at least 6 cycles.

At the moment Fergus is on my pillow waiting for me to go to bed purring. He jumped up there on his own, sorta skidded into home getting up on the bed though.

Given his dose was due at 0930 EST USA. I think almost 1130 EST USA may be too late it is 2 hours after the scheduled dose.

I am going to rest, eat :coffee: and charge my phone next to Ferg:cat:. I will change the topic to get the 911 off.
Again thank you all so so very much. I will try and get Jim to post an update later. I think I will check him at his usual +6 time even though it will be more +18 by then in real life.

It felt good to have a community of support to have him turn to when I wasn't home. It felt amazing. Thank you :bighug:
 
If you could get at least another +3 in the pm cycle always and ready to set alarms for more testing if needed then, you would be testing enough to follow Tight Regulation protocol and could hold this dose. Otherwise SLGS has you reducing by 1/4 unit immediately.
 
@babyBoo by immediately do you mean for the am dose of skip that and reduce on the pm

Edit: sorry I have been awake over 24 hours now and am slowing down. I reread your comment and understand now @babyBoo.
 
it's okay to skip unless there is a medical condition like dka to consider.
And he should only need higher carb when you need to boost the number.....

we often give "fur shots" where we miss, they move or you didn't get it all in. You do not shoot again if that happens because you don't know if something did make it in.

a 95 is a wonderful number

you want him to stay between 50 and 120 eventually.....
that's the goal.

I hate to skip a dose. I worry it will make him shoot up later. However, it is better than too low. I need to reread SLGS to get the levels of doses down better, since I did not realize you could earn a reduction with certain bs readings. I thought you HAD to hold the Dose for at least 6 cycles.
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you do not hold the dose if they earn a reduction.... for tight regulation, to earn a reduction they have to go below 50. ( so a 49 is good enough)
that's when you need medium or high carb gravy to get them back up above 50, especially if they keep going downward.


I did not want to add pressure to your DH to have to test all day. He did not sound ready.


You do not need to worry right now.... just feed him as normal.... since you skipped, all that is on board is the insulin depot.
don't feed in the two hours before his pm shot time.... so you won't have a food influenced number.
 
yes, I meant next scheduled shot time as the immediate reduction, not that you should give it right now. By the way you could do it now and that changes your next scheduled shot to 12 hours from now. Its generally suggested you can shoot 30 minutes early total in one day to work back to a better scheduled shot time. You can safely extend a cycle, such as your doing right now to get back on schedule a lot quicker though. So if your scheduled shot times really were best for you, then skipping is the way to go.
 
Thank you @babyBoo , @rhiannon and shadow (GA) and everyone else who commented.

I reread the goslow guide. It did not sunk in at first. I need to stick to it.

DH had his first glucose checking night last night. He had previously just shot.

I don't think he can do a bunch of checks for me today. I plan to skip the dose and recheck at 5pm est USA when I get up. Right now we are just Chillin on the bed waiting for some peace from the kids to get some sleep. If I get up to pee before 5 I will check.
As for now he is ok.
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Again thanks for all your help.

Goodnight (nightshift humor)
 
i just love the fergus wergus puddin tat....

i always called Shadow... shadow pie....
not near so much a cute name...

I had a feeling your DH would quickly get overwhelmed....
his day will come.... but he needs a little more good /easy days before that...
we want to keep him participating.
 
Good job today DH. Yes, DH, needs to get eased in a bit before he starts shooting a green number. Good call to skip today as you're too new to this dance without a lot of data to know how he will react to shooting that low. The lowest you shot was 171 and he gave you some nice green numbers that cycle. Maybe you could shoot a 150 and see how that goes and then with more data you'll be shooting the green over 50 for TR protocol and 90 for SLGS. If you can add to your signature which you are following, that will help us help you next time.

It's a good idea to have on hand Low Carb, LC food,(0-10 % ) Medium Carb food , MC( 11- 18%) and Higher carb, HC (18-25 %) to use to steer in different situations. We usually save the HC food for when they go under 50 on a human meter.

This is an amazing community and we are all so very lucky to have the resources here. :bighug:
 
Just got up to shower and go back to work. I tested Fergus he is 306 :(.

Feeling I lil like kicking myself. I don't know why not so low lower numbers scare me but they always seem to occur when I have been at work.

So we will get back on the horse. Feegus slept next to my head all day (not a bad sign, he doees that a lot). I will get him back at a 9pm EST USA shot schedule and practice slgs. I get scared when I am not home. My DH sleeps soundly. I could never forgive him for a hypo gone bad. He says he is going to set an alarm to test tonight. What do you all think +2, +6 then an AMPS sound ok? I feel like that might be doable for him.

I work tonight, come home, sleep for an hour or so then we go to a boyscout function that we have to manage food and set up for. It's gonna be a day. We will be home until 11 am which should be +2. I can check then and at +9, when I am sure we will be home.

I am off to shower. I will peek back for replies. So much love to all the SugarMamas, SugarDaddies and SugarCats :cat: out there.

Let's get this weekend going. ;)
I will learn to love and not fear the greens. :banghead:

Trisha
 
yes. He needs to shoot the new dose. 306 isn't that bad.... some cats go from green to black....

if that's as high as Fergus gets..... that's not bad at all.

it's always good to get that +2. If the number is significantly lower than the preshot number, that indicates a likely active cycle where you will want to test
more. And be ready to steer with food....

He can always post for help if that happens.
Hopefully someone is around to guide him.... most of the time someone is around....
 
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