10/27 Max AMPS 316

Max & Lori

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Max had a good follow up visit yesterday at NCSU. Vet said his exam looked good, his labs were normal with exception of hyperglycemia of course. Max continues with a little nausea and occasional vomiting. Vet said most likely has to do with his pancreatitis aggravated by the hyperglycemia. He continues with Cerenia and Zofran as needed. The FreeStyle Libre was placed yesterday. I do like it as it gives me a lot of data especially through the night. I'm not sure if I should start using those numbers here until we get him back on a good dose so I'm still using the Relion Prime for his data here on his spreadsheet. I will need to find out from someone when the best time to use the data from the Libre is, as the numbers are different. The Libre reads a little higher. @Wendy&Neko since I'm taking your advice on dosing and we are still working his way back to a good dose, what are your recommendations for when to change to the Libre for data on his spreadsheet? I can continue to monitor with the Relion as needed. I have plenty of test strips left. I think I will wait a little longer to switch to the Levemir so I'm not making too many changes at once and we will know more about what dose to start him with. I have it here, but guess it will keep for a long time in the refrigerator? Max is a very tired boy today. We didn't expect an all day long visit again, but they were very busy and still short staffed there at NCSU. Caregivers are still not allowed inside the building, so I went shopping. A little retail therapy never hurts. Have a wonderful day.:cat:
 
If you want, just switch meters cold turkey. Don't bother comparing the two, it'll drive you crazy. The two meters don't have to read the same, but should be relatively within meter variance and give us a picture of overall trends. Of course, the Libre is not testing blood sugar so there may be a bit of a delay in the numbers you see with it compared to the BG meter. You should probably spot check lower numbers to make sure they are close. I wouldn't start a new tab for a new meter - people switch meters fairly commonly. Just put a blank line in the spreadsheet with something like "Starting Libre" on it, the same way you did when you switched to the Relion.
 
Okay sounds good. Do you think I can go ahead and move up to 9 units tomorrow? He’s not really getting anywhere with the 8.5 so far.
 
I’m glad Max had a good visit at NC State. Sorry it took al day. That must be hard on Max too. I hope 9 units will be better for him. Hopefully he will tolerate the Libre. Do you have a little shirt on him?
 
I did get him a little t-shirt that says "King of the Home," (so cute) but he hasn't tried to bother the sensor at all so I haven't tried the shirt yet.
 
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