5/14 Bella AMPS 58, 20 mins later 69, +1 114, +6 111, PMPS 74, +3 57, +4 61

Bellas_mom_2020

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Little miss worried me a little this morning with the 58 (first time ever that she woke up with that low) and I was nervous to give her insulin. She was starving since she didn’t really want her snack last night so we let her eat and checked her sugar 20 mins later and it was 69. Decided to give her 1.25 dose of insulin and fed her a 5% carb food. My husband will be home +5.5 AMPS and he’ll check her when he gets home. Did I mess up giving her insulin when she was that low??? I need to leave for work in 20 mins but if someone thinks I should stick around then I can go in a little late. Advice please
 
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With TR you can shoot any number over 50. Sometimes, stalling without food can cause numbers to fall making the shooting decision more difficult. It is good you shot and gave her the full dose.

If you haven't already left for work, please give her some MC, just to be extra safe? Does she have access to food when you are at work?
 
With TR you can shoot any number over 50. Sometimes, stalling without food can cause numbers to fall making the shooting decision more difficult. It is good you shot and gave her the full dose.

If you haven't already left for work, please give her some MC, just to be extra safe? Does she have access to food when you are at work?

i haven’t left yet because I was worried I made a bad decision. I was waiting for some advice as to what I should do. I can hang around a little more if I need to. She ate most of her food, she has like 1-2 bites left. How many carbs is considered medium? I haven’t got an auto feeder yet but I plan to. I can leave her food before I leave for work. My husband will be home from work in 4.5 hours and he’ll check her sugar. I worry because the insulin affects her once it starts to work and doesn’t it start to work 2-3 hours after you give it? I can’t completely miss work but I can go in a little late.
 
it’s been an hour. And I told my job I’ll be in at 9:30 (est time) so I have to leave in an hour.
Can you get a test now?

Leaving in another hour is good. That would be +2, so insulin would most likely be onset and you'll have an idea of whether she is heading up or down.
 
she’s taking a nap so I can check a little before I have to leave.
Please test her? If she is lower, you want to feed some higher carbs now rather than wait till the last minute and find that she is low. If she won't let you test her, please feed her some 5% now?
 
OK. Comfortably higher. You can feed some 5% now and leave for work.

she still has a little 5% food left from her breakfast (like 2 tbsp) should I put some more in or that’s enough? Is it safe to leave for work now or should I still check her sugar +2 amps. I think she’s getting annoyed with so many ear pokes.
 
she still has a little 5% food left from her breakfast (like 2 tbsp) should I put some more in or that’s enough? Is it safe to leave for work now or should I still check her sugar +2 amps. I think she’s getting annoyed with so many ear pokes.
If you think she'll eat more than 2 tbsp between now and +5.5, you can leave out more. It's okay to leave for work. Just see if you can get her to eat a bit now by moving the bowl closer to her? If she doesn't, she doesn't!
 
If you think she'll eat more than 2 tbsp between now and +5.5, you can leave out more. It's okay to leave for work. Just see if you can get her to eat a bit now by moving the bowl closer to her? If she doesn't, she doesn't!

she’ll probably eat more when I leave she does that sometimes. But I’ll try to move it around with a spoon to see if she eats more. Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate it.
 
How many carbs is considered medium? I
Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Gourmet Beef Feast in Gravy 20% High Carbs

Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Gourmet Chicken Feast in Gravy 15% Med Carbs

Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Turkey Feast in Gravy 15% Med Carbs

Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Chicken and Beef in Gravy 15% Med Carbs

Good idea to mark the cans with magic marker how many carbs

Or any on the food chart. Doesn't have to be Fancy Feast just an example about the med and high carb foods


https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/dr-pierson-new-food-

10% and under is low carb
11% -15 is medium carbs.

16- 24 is high carb.


Nice PMPS tonight :D
@Bellas_mom_2020
 
Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Gourmet Beef Feast in Gravy 20% High Carbs

Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Gourmet Chicken Feast in Gravy 15% Med Carbs

Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Turkey Feast in Gravy 15% Med Carbs

Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Chicken and Beef in Gravy 15% Med Carbs

Good idea to mark the cans with magic marker how many carbs

Or any on the food chart. Doesn't have to be Fancy Feast just an example about the med and high carb foods


https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/dr-pierson-new-food-

10% and under is low carb
11% -15 is medium carbs.

16- 24 is high carb.

that’s what I figured. I have a few here and I keep them in separate drawer away from her regular food. We keep a list of all the foods and their carbs in the drawer with her food.
 
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