2/8 Arya- AMPS 108 +3 43!!! +3.5 70 +5 77 +6 49 +7 59 +8 63 +10 67 PMPS 83 +2 90 +3 52 +4 56 +5 77

Lisa & Lady Arya Stark 🦋 said:
Hi Hi Hi…

Anyone awake? We’ve got our lowest number here! Just feeding her… keep you posted @Bandit's Mom @Bron and Sheba (GA)

I think that Balls Of Steel award went to her head @Mary & Jude !!!!

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2/8 Arya- AMPS 108 +3 43!!!
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Hi Lisa! Feed a couple of tsps of HC and then test her again in about 20 mins. to see if her bg has increased. What you don't want to do is overfeed her now in case you need for her to eat later--you want her to remain hungry.

She earned that dose reduction fair and square, didn't she?!?
 
70 is good! I'm curious: what % carb did you feed her? You'll want to note that in the remarks section of your spreadsheet.

Also, you'll need to keep an eye on her. The carbs will stay in her system for only about an hour or two; you need to test her at that time to ensure she doesn't begin falling back down into lower numbers. You are going to be testing her bg until two or more tests remain the same or higher (in safe numbers) or until she begins to trend upward. Feel free to pop back on here if you have concerns.

Under TR dosing, a newly diagnosed kitty that falls below 50 earns a dose reduction. I always like to copy/paste the information from the dosing sticky for caregivers because, ultimately, this is your decision, and when I make decisions, I like to know what rules/guidelines I'm following to make them (Sticky - Dosing Methods: Start Low, Go Slow (SLGS) & Tight Regulation (TR)):
  • If kitty drops below 40 (long term diabetic) or 50 (newly diagnosed diabetic) reduce the dose by 0.25 unit. If kitty has a history of not holding reductions well or if reductions are close together... sneak the dose down by shaving the dose rather than reducing by a full quarter unit.
Congratulations on the reduction!

Great job keeping her safe!!
 
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Mary & Jude said:
70 is good! I'm curious: what % carb did you feed her? You'll want to note that in the remarks section of your spreadsheet.

Also, you'll need to keep an eye on her. The carbs will stay in her system for only about an hour or two; you need to test her at that time to ensure she doesn't begin falling back down into lower numbers. You are going to be testing her bg until two or more tests remain the same or higher or until she begins to trend upward. Feel free to pop back on here if you have concerns.

Under TR dosing, a newly diagnosed kitty that falls below 50 earns a dose reduction. I always like to copy/paste the information from the dosing sticky for caregivers because, ultimately, this is your decision, and when I make decisions, I like to know what rules/guidelines I'm following to make them (Sticky - Dosing Methods: Start Low, Go Slow (SLGS) & Tight Regulation (TR)):
  • If kitty drops below 40 (long term diabetic) or 50 (newly diagnosed diabetic) reduce the dose by 0.25 unit. If kitty has a history of not holding reductions well or if reductions are close together... sneak the dose down by shaving the dose rather than reducing by a full quarter unit.
Congratulations on the reduction!

Great job keeping her safe!!
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Thanks for being there for us Mary.. everyone.. I honestly don’t know what would have done without this site and you amazing people! 💞
I don’t know if you’ve read but our vet gave her 10iu on the day she was diagnosed and then started her on 2iu.. she’s teeny tiny 3.3 kg! Vet also just told us to test 4hrs post shot and that after a few wks we could stop testing.
This site has literally saved her life!

She was eating her normal Fancy Feast LC like a horse when I received your reply not to over feed her … so we gave her a tea spoon - maybe a tad more- of Fancy Feast gravy.

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Lisa & Lady Arya Stark 🦋 said:
Thanks for being there for us Mary.. everyone.. I honestly don’t know what would have done without this site and you amazing people! 💞
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Aw, :bighug: you're welcome. We're all just paying it forward for all the times we've been helped.

Lisa & Lady Arya Stark 🦋 said:
I don’t know if you’ve read but our vet gave her 10iu on the day she was diagnosed and then started her on 2iu.. she’s teeny tiny 3.3 kg! Vet also just told us to test 4hrs post shot and that after a few wks we could stop testing.
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Wow! That's really...not good! 😬 I'm sure you've heard people comment that a lot of vets just don't get much training for feline diabetes. That doesn't excuse them, though. My vet, thankfully, is open to what I do for Jude, which is mainly guided by the information on this site. That said, when Jude was diagnosed, the vet tech showed me how to inject him, and then I asked her what could go wrong. She said, "well, he could pass out, and if he does, you just rub honey on his gums." :oops: I immediately left the clinic, came home, began an internet search, and ended up here. And now I know how/why he could pass out and how to avoid that! They didn't even tell me to test him before his shot.

You're doing a great job with Arya!

The reason I asked about the carb value of the food is that it's good to note how carb sensitive she is. If you fed her a HC food this time, she got a significant bump from that (almost 30 points), so in the future, you might consider a MC food so that she doesn't go up quite so high. With that 43, though, I wanted her UP and away from the 30s (that's what I would want for my little guy).

Edited to add: And why do you not want them to go up so high by feeding HC food? Because that can lead to bouncing. You want to create nice, flat surfs.🏄‍♀️
 
That higher carb food has worked it's way out of her system. Try boosting with a little MC (mix HC with LC, if you don't have MC), and then test in 30 mins. See if a lower carb food will bump her up a bit, but not too much. Food is always the tool to manage lower numbers.
 
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