Suzy65
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Alfie has not been stable since being diagnosed at the beginning of the month. Started on just 0.25u prozinc then raised to 0.75. Did home testing on Sunday every 2 hours to report back to vet. Having technical issues with copying spreadsheet template so can't share this. Basically, his bloods, albeit they way too high, showed a nice curve.
Preshot 504
+2. 405
+4. 298
+6. 292
+8. 370
+10. 436
+12. 430
Really thought we were getting somewhere when the vet said just to put him up to 1.25u and do another curve the following Sunday ( can't usually do midweek due to work).
However, after this increase of 0.5u Monday evening, he was really unsettled, flooding and pooping in the kitchen all night. He was bad all day yesterday, and starving hungry. I did his blood and at 10 25pm last night (shot at 6 30pm), he was 473.
Thinking this may be as a result of too much of an insulin rise, I gave him just 1u this morning after he'd eaten half of his breakfast. He didn't eat it all in one go which is so unusual for him but had after about an hour and a half. He was also slow to eat his snack 4 hours later. His blood was 491 preshot this morning and still 482 at +6hrs then 470 at +8.
Haven't been able to do full curve today due to commitments but am frustrated and wondering why he's higher than ever! He ate his 8 hour snack hungrily and would eat more if allowed. His snacks are just protein, cooked chicken, fish and beef and he eats every 4 hours. Can't allow free feeding or he would gobble til he vomited! Sorry for this very long post but I'm wondering how much prozinc to give this evening?
Preshot 504
+2. 405
+4. 298
+6. 292
+8. 370
+10. 436
+12. 430
Really thought we were getting somewhere when the vet said just to put him up to 1.25u and do another curve the following Sunday ( can't usually do midweek due to work).
However, after this increase of 0.5u Monday evening, he was really unsettled, flooding and pooping in the kitchen all night. He was bad all day yesterday, and starving hungry. I did his blood and at 10 25pm last night (shot at 6 30pm), he was 473.
Thinking this may be as a result of too much of an insulin rise, I gave him just 1u this morning after he'd eaten half of his breakfast. He didn't eat it all in one go which is so unusual for him but had after about an hour and a half. He was also slow to eat his snack 4 hours later. His blood was 491 preshot this morning and still 482 at +6hrs then 470 at +8.
Haven't been able to do full curve today due to commitments but am frustrated and wondering why he's higher than ever! He ate his 8 hour snack hungrily and would eat more if allowed. His snacks are just protein, cooked chicken, fish and beef and he eats every 4 hours. Can't allow free feeding or he would gobble til he vomited! Sorry for this very long post but I'm wondering how much prozinc to give this evening?
