4/14 Haley - AMPS 92, +3.75 61,+5 74, +8.25 51, +9.25 82, PMPS 81, +5 72, +9.25 83

I'm staggering her tests but she's dropped a lot. I gave her LC. I have to leave in a little over an hour for a dentist appointment. Help?
 
I'm just popping in from work and can't stay on. Can you leave food out for her? If not, I'd carb her up to get her to come up. :bighug::bighug:
 
Check her again 30 minutes after you fed her the LC to see how much she comes up, if at all. And post the result. It will give a better idea as to what type of food you might need to leave out for her. Otherwise, you may just need to do what Carla said and carb her up before you go.
 
Nice catch. Did you test again 30 minutes after feeding her? If you haven't, please do. We don't want her going much lower and LC may not be enough to bring her up.
When I see a low number like in the low 50s and it's late in the cycle (like it is for Haley right now), I'd normally give some MC and test in 30. If early in the cycle, I'd give some HC and test in 30.
 
You did purrfect!! I know it's scary to see a number that close to the "OH NO!" number, but remember, there's a little bit of a built in safety net already. We have the "take action" number set at 50 for newly diagnosed cats (less than a year) but for long term diabetics (or cats that don't hold their reductions), we actually have them drop below 50 three times or below 40 once.....so between 40-50 is that "safety net".

If you're home and able to test, you should almost always try a little LC first. Most of the time, that's just enough to nudge them back above 50.

It can also depend some on when they drop. If it's early in the cycle and you know your cat usually drops until about +7, then you might want to give a little MC first. It's all about "Know Thy Cat".

Since this 51 was late in the cycle, feeding something MC or HC would be over-kill....you just want to nudge them, not drop kick them....LOL

If you always jump to MC or HC when your cat is nearing 50, you're never giving her the chance to earn a reduction. The whole point of all this testing and record keeping is to learn how to safely keep them in normal numbers and let them earn reductions until they're (hopefully) on zero.
 
Butters & Lyla said:
Nice catch. Did you test again 30 minutes after feeding her? If you haven't, please do. We don't want her going much lower and LC may not be enough to bring her up.
When I see a low number like in the low 50s and it's late in the cycle (like it is for Haley right now), I'd normally give some MC and test in 30. If early in the cycle, I'd give some HC and test in 30.
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Ty, Lyla. Well, I was out so testing her was the first thing I did. I did retest her and she's back up tp 82. Ty, Lyla!
Chris & China (GA) said:
You did purrfect!! I know it's scary to see a number that close to the "OH NO!" number, but remember, there's a little bit of a built in safety net already. We have the "take action" number set at 50 for newly diagnosed cats (less than a year) but for long term diabetics (or cats that don't hold their reductions), we actually have them drop below 50 three times or below 40 once.....so between 40-50 is that "safety net".

If you're home and able to test, you should almost always try a little LC first. Most of the time, that's just enough to nudge them back above 50.

It can also depend some on when they drop. If it's early in the cycle and you know your cat usually drops until about +7, then you might want to give a little MC first. It's all about "Know Thy Cat".

Since this 51 was late in the cycle, feeding something MC or HC would be over-kill....you just want to nudge them, not drop kick them....LOL

If you always jump to MC or HC when your cat is nearing 50, you're never giving her the chance to earn a reduction. The whole point of all this testing and record keeping is to learn how to safely keep them in normal numbers and let them earn reductions until they're (hopefully) on zero.
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Ty, Chris! Oh! I didn’t realize that we want them to get to zero!
 
sdirisio said:
I didn’t realize that we want them to get to zero!
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Just to be clear....we hope they get to zero insulin, not zero blood glucose ;)

Remission, diet controlled, OTJ...all mean the same thing...that their pancreas is working well enough that we don't have to give exogeneous insulin to control the blood glucose.
 
I don’t have internet, right now. Should later today. I’ll update the colors on my SS then. I can’t do it on my iPhone. I’ll also carry over the previous day’s link.
 
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