07/26 - Jaxon - AMBG 47 +1 65 +4 110 PMPS 65 +1 74 +2 58 + 3 61 +4 67 +5 68 +6 65

I woke a little late so it is already nearly 30 mins late giving his shot and I got this number.

 

Morning Allison! Have you fed him?
If you stall and shoot late, do you have the flexibility in your schedule to shoot later at night as well?


Link to previous post:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...7-83-9-74-pmps-63-2-56-4-43-5-70-6-63.250348/

 

No, as I said I woke late .... I do not usually give food before he gets his shot (usually food within like 5 mins of the shot)

 

As for his later shot ... why would his later shot have to change time? When I have had to stall I haven't changed his evening shot in the past

 

Sorry for the separate posts, literally just got up 5-10 or so minutes ago

 

And if you stall and shoot an hour late (that is after another 20 mins or so), are you okay to shoot 30 mins late tonight?

(a) You can stall and test 20 mins from the last test - without feeding to see if his numbers come up over 50. This would be mean you shoot 20-30 mins later tonight
(b) Or you skip the AM shot and shoot at your usual time tonight.

 

(b) might be easiest with his number this low ....

 

A half hour delay does not disrupt the timing of the next shot. I understand you are nearly 30 mins late already and stalling would delay the AM shot more (almost an hour from your usual shot time). You would therefore need to shoot 30 mins late tonight.

No need to apologize!

 

OK. Please feed his normal LC food and test in half an hour?

You can shoot 0.75U at your usual time tonight.

 

Ok

 

Was not sure how to record this as far as the +1 etc goes so just went with +1 for his log goes but it was about half hour after I put his food down

 

Since you skipped, you needn't test as much. Maybe one more mid-cycle test should do before PMPS.
Enjoy your day off from testing! Good day to catch up on sleep or do something outside the house!

 

Sleep sounds good. Will likely do a test somewhere around 11am (about 4 hours after his usual shot time just cause gotta get up to medicate the dog at that time) and around 1pm (where his +6 would be usually)

 

You could put it down as 65 @ +0.5. But it's fine. Don't worry about it. It's your day off from feline diabetes!

 

Sounds good.

 

Go Jaxon!

Allison, can you edit your title from "AMPS" to "AMBG" - I honestly opened your thread because the "AMPS 47" makes us think you shot the 47 (and so glad you didn't ). And while you edit, can you change the date to 07/26

Here's your previous post - https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...7-83-9-74-pmps-63-2-56-4-43-5-70-6-63.250348/

Have a wonderful day!

 

Well when I posted it, it was going to be a PS (did not decide on the skip till we discussed it) .. but I was still not 100% awake to think to change it. Done now

 

You can stop testing till PMPS.

 

What a dramatic change!

 

Am I alright to shoot (yes I know it is over 50) since his sugar has been really good all day without insulin in 24hrs

 

How about stalling for a half hour?

 

Why? Just want to understand. He has had no insulin since last night and was quite low this morning (plus I woke up late)

 

It’s ok to shoot but I am wondering if he’s been sliding down all day or on the way up. If you prefer you can shoot and get a +1 and +2.

 

Umn I posted the numbers in the subject line for his testing today.

 

Just for the record I was going to test then anyways because of the skipped dose this AM

 

I know. He’s lower now than he was at +4.

 

So your recommendation would be to stall half an hour for his shot and retest .... then what?

 

To see if he’s going up on his own or at least not still going down. He’s been all normal for a few days. If you are okay being up late just in case shoot now.

 

I was not looking for why, but what the next step would be after I re-test him at the half hour mark .... sorry I was not clear in my question

 

If around the same just shoot. If going up you know definitely safe to shoot. If much lower I would probably give a reduced dose. If it’s even 20 minutes after your test please test again so we can see.

 

He is already on a reduction .... are you meaning reduce FURTHER to 0.5 units?

 

Is now at 63. Shoot 0.75 or reduce to 0.5?

 

It’s the same. Shoot .75. Flat.

 

0.75 unit shot given and food given

 

The 1.0 is still influencing this cycle. If the +1 doesn’t show a food bump I would feed some 10%.

 

To be clear:
LC 0-10%
MC 10-20%
HC 20%+ correct?

If no HC I have previously been told to use MC + honey

 

LC UNDER 10%
MC 10-15%
HC 20%+
It depends how carb sensitive your cat is.

 

What about between 15 and 20%?? What is that? Cause at least one variety of the Gravy Lovers I have according to the charts is like 16%

 

For most cats 15% -20% is hc but it depends on the cat. If Max was under 40 he needed 20%+. I think it also depends on how high carb your lc is. It’s all approximate I think because we rely on the manufacturers Ingredient lists and each batch is a bit different since they make it in bulk. That’s my take anyway.

 

I got the following for his regular meals:
Friskies Pâté Salmon Dinner 3%
Friskies Pâté Chef's Dinner Not on list, calculator says 3%
Friskies Pâté Seafood Supreme Not in list, calculator says 2.5%
Friskies Pâté Turkey & Giblets Dinner 5%

For his Hypo kit I have 3 flavors of Gravy Lovers from FF:
Ocean Whitefish & Tuna 16%
Chicken Feast 15%
Salmon Feast 15%

 

I am back for the +2.

 

Give @ mix if 15% and your lc.

 

Fed about 1 tsp (a little over maybe)

 

Test again in 5 minutes.

 

S far he’s nice and flat.

 

Ok I did not see this post over 20 mins ago and did not retest in 5 minutes sorry. Should I feed him more LC & MC mix?

 

Sorry. Just came back. He’s staying flat but he tends to drop at +4-5 so I would feed a little mc/lc mix when you see this.

 

Ok. Done

 

It's a good thing you skipped this morning. He's doing really well even after a skipped shot.
Seems to have flipped some switch. When that happens they can go down in dosing pretty quickly.

 

tested +5 (83) and retested (67) ... so that should be the food bump from +4

 

Yes. Try an hour without food to see if he stays up.

 

Thought 83 from 61 was a bit too much of a jump for food so I retested .... 67 sounded better

 

Maybe but meter variance is 20% so one test could have been high and the other low. Let’s see how he does without food.

 

Stayed about the same ..... without any further food

 

Was the last meal 2 hours back?

 

Full meal? that would have been 5 hours ago (around 7:45pm EST) .... snack (1 tsp approx, maybe 1.5tsp) mix of LC and MC back around 11pm

 

He would usually get a 1/4 can of the Friskies before I head to bed in an hour or so (closer to 2hrs because of the delay in his PM shot)

 

I think you can feed as usual and go to bed when you usually do.

 

Ok ... should I test at +6 or leave it for the night?

 

You can get a test at +6 if you are up but don't need to stay up for it.

 

I was not planning to feed him till then so will be up (and it is like little over 15mins )

 

Tested and (about to be) fed 1/4 can of LC. Good night

 

Great cycle! Good night!