Blue AMPS 238 10/17

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Patty and Blue GA & Brat

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Blue is at 238 AMPS so pretty good starting point but I do realize it's probably being influenced by the .1 for a couple of days.

He was a bad boy wanting to love on his sister Layla last night and she didn't want any part of it. He would not stop and it was the middle of the night. I finally had to close my door with him on the other side. I guess he's feeling pretty good.


Another game today Elise :)
 
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With such a good AMPS I'd recommend grabbing a +2 test to get a feel for where the cycle might be going. There's a data gap and the depot's a bit messed up at the moment so you need to feel your way a bit for the time being.

Talking of a data gap, I suggest you chase down the BG readings for Blue that were taken at your vets. I think it's particularly important that you get hold of them because of the dilemma in which you have been placed about treatment approach. Now that you've decided to go with the 0.5IU q12h dosing instead of the 1.0IU q24h dosing, you need to have a view of the clinic BG data so that you'll be able to compare and contrast results for yourself and make a decision about the best approach for ongoing treatment. If asked, I suggest just saying you need the data for your home records, nothing more specific than that. They've provided you with the results of the blood work. They've no justification to withhold the BG data from you.

I recognise that you're keen to reduce test frequency at the moment but because you don't know where the depot's at I strongly recommend that you do the +2 tests each cycle for safety, and also check for nadir - typically somewhere between +4 and +6. I'd also recommend you do some checks around those times on the PM cycles for the next few days so that you'll have evidence of what's happening on both AM and PM cycles to support your preferred dosing approach. (IIRC they said that they considered that the second 0.5IU dose they gave took Blue "too low", but you don't know what their definition of 'too low' actually is so it would help you to be able to demonstrate that the dose you're giving keeps Blue in safe - ideally very healthy! - numbers.)

Sending some more scritches to the Bluebird and another :bighug: for you.


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Yes, I will check +2

I think I have all the readings. They only tested during the day. I just haven't been alone long enough to put the numbers into the SS. I can't concentrate very well with people talking.

Mogs, how are you feeling? Any better at all? How is your Noodle?

I love your kitchen too, Mogs. It's so warm and cozy and must be a joy to cook in.
 
Yes, I'll be here through baseball and football. The first game was terrible. I thought they were going to score 100 points on us.
Good Luck Elise. I fear if we get to tomorrow we'll be in trouble.
Getting ready to test Mr. Blue and feed the gang.
Will post his number soon.
 
Patty and Blue said:
Yikes. 52 +6 so I gave him some medium carb food and a drop of honey. I'll retest to make sure he doesn't drop lower.
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Gadzooks! At least he's quite well along in the cycle.

Wondering whether the course of antibiotics might be resolving some infectious process?

Any chance you could have a gander at the BG data from the vets and let me know:

1. The lowest BG recorded there.

2. How long after shot time it was recorded (+ time, please).

3. The dose that was given on that cycle.

4. The dose that was given on the previous cycle (or whether the previous dose was skipped).


Mogs
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Looks like 106 was the lowest at 4:30 p.m. and dose was at 7 a.m.

I uploaded another report yesterday with curve if you can make it out. I have people back around
and can't concentrate. We're watching the game upstairs and it's getting ready to start.

I plan on retesting him in 5 minutes

I can't believe he did that!!! It's craziness :banghead: No wonder he's low today.
 
I realise you've got a lot going on over there right now but if you could manage to post the size of the dose that took Blue down to 106 I'd be grateful (trying to think about tonight's dose for you). If too busy, don't worry about it.

Re uploads, I've only seen the ones with the results of the blood work.

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He's at 63 now. Should I do anything else?
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I'd suggest giving him a couple of tsps of low carb and test in 30 minutes. He hasn't come up much yet, but it is the later part of the cycle and thanks to the work you've done before you know that LC food is usually enough to stop numbers dropping below the 50 mark at this point. You still need to make sure he doesn't drop back.


Mogs
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I can’t make heads or tails out of what they gave Blue. I’m just glad you haven’t given him 1 unit. I never expected him to drop to the 50’s today. I am wondering if tge amoxicillin is helping and he’s been on tge wrong medication causing an infection causing him to not regulate. It also could be what we were doing is working.
 
I don’t think they gave extra insulin. I think they gave him 1 u it in the morning and said to give .5 at night if over 200 but I could be wrong.
 
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