12/31, Bell, AMPS 142 +4 97 +6 85 PMPS 85 +4 58 +5 50 +7 48, strange ataxia

[Seth&Bell]

Yesterday

Bell may have decided that she wants me up to celebrate the new year tonight. Bell's new year resolution is to stop being a bouncy-ball. Or maybe that was mine for her...

Between work and taking care of her (among other things) 2025 was one of the hardest years for me. I just want to thank this community for helping me through all that. Thank you to the experienced folks who have guided us through this thing. Thank you to you amazing people who keep tabs on every thread (no idea how you manage this). Thank you for the mods and the admins (super excited to bust out my FDMB calendar tomorrow). And thank you all for taking such great care of your kitties.

 

[Seth&Bell]

Bell dreaming of olympic diving

 

[Mary & Jude]

Seth, there are heroes among us, and you are one. Bell is so fortunate to have such a caring daddy!

 

[Seth&Bell]

Aweeee, thank you so much, Mary.

 

[Seth&Bell]

around PMPS +5 bell has had some very strange ataxia where it seems like one or both or her hind legs became very uncoordinated. She was stumbling and weaving. She was also extremely hungry. I got her at +5 at 50. Then tested 5 min later at 51. She EXTREMELY aggressively gobbled up her food. At +5.5 I gave her some 14%, which she also gobbled up, unsteady as she was. She currently laying on my lap. This has happened once before and I assumed it was an adverse reaction to Solensia, which she’s been off of for awhile. She recovered from that episode in a couple hours.

 

[Seth&Bell]

I got a +7 at 48 and gave her a bunch more MC. She is now moving normally from what I can tell. Could this have been a hypo episode? I don’t know if I’ve ever seen her as frantically hungry as around that +5. She was stumbling and dragging herself to her food and then aggressively scarfing it down. Even now at the +7 at 48, she is moving ok and hungry but not nearly as panicked. Very very odd.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Take a look at the symptoms listed here Sticky - How to treat HYPOS - THEY CAN KILL! Print this Out!!

 

[Staci & Ivy]

Oh wow Seth, how is Bell doing?
What a night you had! I’m so sorry
I really hope she’s recovered!! Sending you lots of hugs and prayers

 

[Tim & Pookey]

I hope she’s ok too. Was it exactly the same as last time with the legs? Keep us posted.

 

[Seth&Bell]

Take a look at the symptoms listed here Sticky - How to treat HYPOS - THEY CAN KILL! Print this Out!!

Thank you, Wendy. Her symptoms line up with a moderate hypo. The strange thing is that she was at 50 at the time. I even retested her and she was 51. After the episode was done and she was back to normal, her BG was even lower (48). So I’m not 100% it was a hypo.

 

[Seth&Bell]

Oh wow Seth, how is Bell doing?
What a night you had! I’m so sorry
I really hope she’s recovered!! Sending you lots of hugs and prayers

She seems back to normal now. This all happened at the stroke of midnight with fireworks going off and everything. What a night!

 

[Seth&Bell]

I hope she’s ok too. Was it exactly the same as last time with the legs? Keep us posted.

Thanks Tim. It seemed very similar, but the last time was worse (or maybe it is just the fact that I grabbed her and made her sit on me for this one). I need to recheck the last episode but I think her numbers were high during that one. Very odd

 

[Seth&Bell]

We’re celebrating the new year by going back to bed

 

[Staci & Ivy]

We’re celebrating the new year by going back to bed

Sleep well

 

[cecile & bella]

Oh wow, what a scary start to the year! I am glad it did not last, and hope the rest of 2026 will be great for you both

 

[Seth&Bell]

Thank you Cecile! I hope you have a wonderful 2026!

It was very scary. I am still not sure what was going on, but she seems ok now. She just jumped up and down from the bed and ate her food.

 

[Laurie&Petey]

Happy New Year!

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

Thank you Cecile! I hope you have a wonderful 2026!

It was very scary. I am still not sure what was going on, but she seems ok now. She just jumped up and down from the bed and ate her food.

Is Bell’s heart okay?

Maybe there’s something wrong with your meter?

 

[Brianna & Xander]

I'm so sorry you both had to go through that last night, Seth! That's so scary! For what it's worth, I had a really similar thing happen with Xander once (though instead of the leg issues, he was shaking so hard he looked like he was vibrating), and he was also only in the 50s-60s. I wonder if maybe some days a number is too low and others it's not... The same way some days you're up to a run or you're not. Maybe it was just the wrong day for her to go low. I obviously don't know anything, but it was kind of what I settled on when it happened to Xander.

Happy New Year! I agree that 2025 was one of the worst. Good freaking riddance. I hope Bell is feeling better and she has lots of (hypo-free) greens in the new year!