Dosing advice for kitty kitty

When will you be able to do a curve? I think he needs an increase to 3.5, but we don’t have as much data as we need for the middle/later portion of his cycles on the 3.25 dose.
 
Megan & Kitty Kitty said:
I am off Saturday (but have a bday party from 1-3) and will be off Monday and Tuesday as well.
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Okay. Just get what you can even on Saturday. The more we can fill in the checkerboard the better. I hate to see him in pinks and reds, although it looks like he is sometimes dipping into yellow.
 
@Suzanne & Darcy I have checked him 3 times so far today. He is mid bounce I believe. Yesterday morning he was at a good number that didn’t last long. Would you go ahead and up him or should I wait until tomorrow pm shot since I’ll be home for 2 days after that. Ketones were 0.2 when I checked yesterday.
 
Megan & Kitty Kitty said:
@Suzanne & Darcy I have checked him 3 times so far today. He is mid bounce I believe. Yesterday morning he was at a good number that didn’t last long. Would you go ahead and up him or should I wait until tomorrow pm shot since I’ll be home for 2 days after that. Ketones were 0.2 when I checked yesterday.
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You know. He is so darn high that I would increase as soon as possible. Thanks for trying to get some tests today. So you will be home again on Monday and Tuesday?
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
Look at Sir Maximus’ spreadsheet. Just look at the beginning of this year. Sir Maximus started to turn the corner in March of this year and then… look at him now. He’s on a small dose now and spends most of his time in green. We just kept at it, right @Shawn & Sir Maximus ? I think Shawn had his doubts for a while as to whether he was ever going to stop bouncing!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...X5fH86twjISK-BDQhv_B7J-s2gpeXeOmSTELX/pubhtml
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Oh wow. Definitely looks very familiar. I hope we can get kitty kitty figured out. That does give me hope!!
 
Thanks for getting those tests today. It’s better to see more yellow than red or pink. And you are home tomorrow (Tuesday?)
 
Yes I am home tomorrow too. I was hoping to get more test today but we spent most of the day at the vet with another sick baby. (Cats are gonna be the death of me lol) hopefully tomorrow will be calmer and I can get several test in.
 
Megan & Kitty Kitty said:
Yes I am home tomorrow too. I was hoping to get more test today but we spent most of the day at the vet with another sick baby. (Cats are gonna be the death of me lol) hopefully tomorrow will be calmer and I can get several test in.
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I’m sorry about your other cat. I am in the same boat with multiple cats and I know exactly what you’re going through. My cats frequently do this to me and get sick at the same time, too. I hope your kitty will be okay!!
 
Yes the one we took yesterday seems much better today. Kitty kittys numbers are kinda high again. It could be a bounce or it could be because the cat we took yesterday is normally outside mostly and he’s not loving him in the house.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
Look at Sir Maximus’ spreadsheet. Just look at the beginning of this year. Sir Maximus started to turn the corner in March of this year and then… look at him now. He’s on a small dose now and spends most of his time in green. We just kept at it, right @Shawn & Sir Maximus ? I think Shawn had his doubts for a while as to whether he was ever going to stop bouncing!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...X5fH86twjISK-BDQhv_B7J-s2gpeXeOmSTELX/pubhtml
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Yes I definitely had some days wondering if he would ever stop bouncing. I never gave up hope and stayed consistent, and with all of your guidance we finally got him regulated. It took about 4 months. Have too stay positive and consistent. It is quite the journey but worth every moment when you start seeing the great results for your kitty.
 
Darn. He seems to always want to bounce when you are home to test him. He has bounced from yellows before so hopefully that is it.
 
Yep! Look what he’s doing today when i need to go to work. He’s gone from 157-147 in 15 min. I have fed him his normal snack but im kinda scared to leave him all day.
 
He won’t drop too low. It will be okay. I anticipated that he would break his bounce today. I think I forgot to mention it last night when I looked at his spreadsheet.
 
I think he's going to bounce up from those blues. Can you not feed him and wait 30 minutes to see if he's going up on his own? Or do you have to shoot right away? Did he eat the food you left out today? What was the carb percentage of the food?
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
I think he's going to bounce up from those blues. Can you not feed him and wait 30 minutes to see if he's going up on his own? Or do you have to shoot right away? Did he eat the food you left out today? What was the carb percentage of the food?
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Some of the food was eaten but not sure by who. It was 15% I believe. I actually already fed him. I imagine since he was 130 when I left he would be going up on his own. Would that be correct?
 
Megan & Kitty Kitty said:
Some of the food was eaten but not sure by who. It was 15% I believe. I actually already fed him. I imagine since he was 130 when I left he would be going up on his own. Would that be correct?
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Okay, well the 130 was only at +4 so I looked at that earlier today and thought... he will continue to go down (but not dangerously because he was not having a steep drop at all) to at least +6 or even +8. His nadirs usually are between those times. He gets absolutely fantastic duration on ProZinc.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
Well, that's the food that has given him a little bump and also the fact that the previous shot is wearing off. Will you be able to monitor him tonight and to give a snack at +2 and perhaps another snack at +4 or a little later?
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Yes. I can watch him all night if needed. I have been giving him a snack at +3 each day since you suggested. It works best with my work schedule to do it that way
 
Since you can monitor him. I would go ahead and give the 3.5 units. I know it's nerve wracking. Do you think you can do that. You may find it's all much ado about nothing because he may have a big spike in BG even by +2.
 
And +3 is perfectly fine to give a snack, although I would begin testing at +2 anyway, just to make sure. That's the typical time for ProZinc to onset and start lowering BG. Of course, if he's going to begin a bounce then it would go that was, but under normal circumstances it would.
 
I am really pleased with today's cycle . It's very good. He may have even dropped down into the higher greens (not really low) and then back up to the 149. That would be excellent.
 
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