? 10/5/24 WATSON SEE SPREADSHEET

Rosie Lass

Rosie Lass

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Sorry, I haven’t been checking in. My granddaughter has been back in the hospital again.

I really screwed up today :-( Watson did not eat enough breakfast apparently and I gave him his normal 2.5 units and he had a bad crash. When he hit 40, we headed for the veterinary hospital where he got IV glucose. I tried to handle it at home, feeding him high carb things, and it would go up a little and then crash right back down. This lesson cost me $656 and a huge scare.
Since Watson will not consistently eat the low carb food, I am thinking about just going back to the fancy piece medley that I know he will eat better and maybe just adjusting his insulin accordingly

Any thoughts on this?


https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/posts/3209762/
 
Reduce to 2.25. He sure shot up. I think that would have happened if you continued to feed hc at home. You need a high carb wet food to add to your food choices. Churros are not hc. When they keep dipping you need something they love that’s at least 20% carbs.

Sorry about your granddaughter.
 
tiffmaxee said:
Reduce to 2.25. He sure shot up. I think that would have happened if you continued to feed hc at home. You need a high carb wet food to add to your food choices. Churros are not hc. When they keep dipping you need something they love that’s at least 20% carbs.

Sorry about your granddaughter.
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@tiffmaxee The hospital said only give him 1.5 tonight. I did give him turkey with gravy but he would barely eat any. I even tried squirting some of the gravy into his mouth with a syringe.
 
He’s bouncing like I expected. You could have given 2.25. If he wasn’t bouncing the 1.5 makes more sense. No worries.
 
Rosie Lass said:
Sorry, I haven’t been checking in. My granddaughter has been back in the hospital again.

I really screwed up today :-( Watson did not eat enough breakfast apparently and I gave him his normal 2.5 units and he had a bad crash. When he hit 40, we headed for the veterinary hospital where he got IV glucose. I tried to handle it at home, feeding him high carb things, and it would go up a little and then crash right back down. This lesson cost me $656 and a huge scare.
Since Watson will not consistently eat the low carb food, I am thinking about just going back to the fancy piece medley that I know he will eat better and maybe just adjusting his insulin accordingly

Any thoughts on this?


https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/posts/3209762/
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Hi Rosie, I’m sorry your granddaughter is back in the hospital. Sending prayers for her healing and recovery.
I’m also sorry to hear of your say with sweet Watson yesterday.
You both had a rough day. :(
It’s good you are so attentive to him.
Wishing you both good luck with the reduced dose and feeding.
Hugs to both of you :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Staci & Ivy said:
Hi Rosie, I’m sorry your granddaughter is back in the hospital. Sending prayers for her healing and recovery.
I’m also sorry to hear of your say with sweet Watson yesterday.
You both had a rough day. :(
It’s good you are so attentive to him.
Wishing you both good luck with the reduced dose and feeding.
Hugs to both of you :bighug::bighug::bighug:
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@Staci & Ivy @tiffmaxee
We had another scare today. Checked him at 12:40 (+2.5) and he was at 215. Took my granddaughter to the doctor and got back at 2:30 (+4.5) and he was at 59. I guess I will be reducing again tonight down to 2.0 At least this time after a couple tries, I was able to get his blood sugar to stay up, hope it stays that way, as I have an appointment tonight and will be gone for about 4 hours.
 
Rosie Lass said:
@Staci & Ivy @tiffmaxee
We had another scare today. Checked him at 12:40 (+2.5) and he was at 215. Took my granddaughter to the doctor and got back at 2:30 (+4.5) and he was at 59. I guess I will be reducing again tonight down to 2.0 At least this time after a couple tries, I was able to get his blood sugar to stay up, hope it stays that way, as I have an appointment tonight and will be gone for about 4 hours.
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I hope Watson stays steady while you are out, Rosie.
Did you give him some higher carbs since you went out?
:bighug:
 
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