11/13 Ming AMPS = 212, +3 = 248

Crista & Ming

Crista & Ming

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http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...1-pmps-76-1-110-reduction-suggestions.221615/

Good morning, everyone! Yesterday, Ming pulled a 41 around PMPS time while I was at work and my mom took the lead. He earned a reduction which I hope he uses.

Wendy&Neko said:
A couple different options for next time. When you see a good sized drop from +8 to +9, I would first give a couple tsp of LC to see if it would help him surf, then get a +10. You could still feed at +10 and have the couple hours clear of food before PMPS. You could have given him slightly higher carbs to keep him up enough for preshot.

Second option if you can't prevent the drop. When you see 40's at preshot I would wait 15-20 minutes and retest again, to see if he came up on his own. Neko always did. But next step is to then feed the 40's if he doesn't come up. I would have tried a small bit of lower carb first, as it's likely near nadir and insulin would be waning, so you don't need as big a bump. And without the HC, you don't have to wait for the HC to wear off before giving the shot. All assuming that he doesn't continue to drop of course. As is, the PMPS number was influenced by high carbs at +13.

I hope you have a quiet night.
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Thank you, Wendy! I agree with everything you said and I'll be keeping this post in my notes when it happens again. I feel like I would've done similar to what you suggested if I was home so that makes me feel less like I'm living on the edge of danger. My instinct was to stall when we saw that 41 but my mom had already fed him HC before she told me. Oh well!

It wasn't in the notes last time, but my mom did feed him at +8 some LC FF so maybe next time, we'll have to give him MC and experiment. He did the same thing the day before and I fed him at +8 / +9 as well. (Or he's just being Ming and doing his cat things yesterday..)
 
Also, last night, I caught Ming licking my chicken bones that I left on my desk (as one does when they are a slob.) :woot: No bones were eaten, he was just licking. And this morning, I was eating ham with my toast and he was sniffing it, then licked it. Wonder if he's growing a taste for "human" foods lol!
 
Crista & Ming said:
Thank you! I'm so excited for Christmas! Too excited, probably. My coworkers were complaining about people listening to Christmas music already and then pointedly looked at me and I just laughed all guilty. :oops::joyful:
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It's practically mid-November -- what's wrong with them:p:joyful: I have a pretty red velvet cat collar, but only one cat will wear it, and even she looks perturbed. I hope you and Ming have a picture taken together, with you wearing a matching hat!
 
This might be dredging on risky territory, but a client gave back some meds because their pet passed. My coworker threw away a FULL BOTTLE of ondansetron and I was SHOCKED. And I am ashamed to say I went dumpster diving (or trash can scavenging). I was also surprised coworker didn't put it in the donated meds box. Sometimes we keep "expired" or donated meds there and give them to client's pets who are near the end just to get them through.

Anyway.. now I have a full bottle of ondansetron. Is it illegal and unethical... maybe... :oops: I just couldn't bear the thought of such valuable medications being thrown out.
 
Me too...guilty as charged. So many unfortunate people who haven't the funds to afford those meds. You're kind and thoughtful Crista! We'd all be guilty of the same...

As for Mr. Ming! My he's got an appetite for hooman food doesn't he? Luci only likes carbs - bread, cakes, candy...never have caught her sampling the ham or any other meats for that matter...she's just really a bad girl when it comes to the sweets...must get it from her mama bean :)

Have a great day Crista!
 
At the cost of ondansetron here, I would have been in the dumpster with you!

I really don't want to jinx anything, but I've been admiring the limited colours in Ming's SS the last several days (antijinx).
 
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