? 10/4/18 Bailey AMPS:398 +2 399 +6 262 +8 295 dose question.

Rosie & Bailey

Rosie & Bailey

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Condo: 10/3/18 Bailey PMPS: 115 +.5 111 Stalling. Today's numbers AMPS:325 +2 248 +6 186 +8 140 +11 117

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all having a great day with your furbabies.

We stalled Bailey on her 6th cycle at .25 units out of concern for a 111 preshot number. Her ketone was .7 today.

I am trying to figure out if I should be increasing the dose tonight, or wait one more cycle to see if the higher numbers are because we stalled last night. Still trying to understand the depot. Thank you to @Gill & George for your explanation on an earlier thread today. That helped a lot.

Does anyone have any advice?

Thank you.
 
you are monitoring well so you must be home enough. Try not to stall.... it looks a little like she's backsliding. You shoot low to stay low. And having a number in the 100's is still safe. They don't drop as dramatically when they are in the lower numbers. This is how you get to greens.
If she were to drop to the green floor, you are there and able to intervene if necessary.
Since Bailey is having traces of ketones, is she being treated for any type of infection.....
There is usually something going on with ketones in play at all. It could be bladder, it could be teeth....

the recipe for ketones is infection/inflammation brewing + not enough insulin + not enough calories
 
Yeah, the stall was a very bad idea. We're learning. We used to skip, and realized that was bad too.

She was at the vet a few weeks ago and her blood work came back clear. I can call them and have them take another look at her. Maybe something new developed?

The not enough calories could be a problem. We are feeding her Crave which is supposed to be zero carb. Her +1 dropped to 160 so we fed her some Crave and Fancy Feast together.
 
Looks like Bailey might be breaking her bounce tonight. Count back six cycles and you will see the green that likely caused the bounce. A cycle, like today, where the numbers slide down all cyclemis also a sign the bounce might be breaking. Let's see what tonight brings before deciding on the dose. You might see a little action tonight.
 
One more thing, calories are different from carbs. A zero carb food is not necessarily the best. Most people feed something with a few percent carbs.
 
I'm trying to understand. When I looked at her SS and saw a drop, I thought it was related to something we had done that day, like feeding the Fancy Feast and seeing BG rise dramatically on 10/2/18. If she has been in a bounce, does that mean she would have risen anyway because she was already headed that way?

After reading @rhiannon and shadow (GA) 's comment, I mixed in some Fancy Feast with the Crave so that she can get some calories. I hope that was a good idea.
I'm still confused on all of this stuff. Trying really hard to learn, just a lot to take in on top of worrying about Bailey.
 
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