11/3 Olive AMPS 133, 153+2, 135+3, 128+5, 110+6, 137+9

[OlivesMom]

https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...g-after-earned-reduction.237990/#post-2671964

What a beautiful, slow dropping cycle. Question: If she drops below 90 again and earns another reduction, that will take her off insulin altogether...what then? I've never been in this stage with Olive before.

Cindy is doing GREAT too. Eating well, doing well on her herbals, and although I don't have a clue what her T levels are at this time, her behavior would suggest she's doing better than she was so I'll be anxious to see her labs on the 17th.

 

[carfurby (GA)]

Olive is looking good. We usually go to a drop dose before trying an OTJ trial. A drop dose is where you hold the plunger in while inserting the syringe into the insulin. Then let go of the plunger and it sucks a drop back into the syringe by itself.

Great update for Cindy.

 

[JaxBenji]

Go Olive & Cindy I'm not one to give dosing advice but you may want to throw up the ? in your title to get eyes from the experienced folks.

I think seen people count how many drops are in their 0.25 and then do half that for the next dose (similar to what Carla is saying but could be even another drop). You have calipers so you can also cut the 0.25 in half with them too (though I haven't tried this...I imagine it would still be hard, though not impossible )

 

[OlivesMom]

I'm not one to give dosing advice but you may want to throw up the ? in your title to get eyes from the experienced folks.

Sounds good. I'll do that.

You have calipers so you can also cut the 0.25 in half with them too (though I haven't tried this...I imagine it would still be hard, though not impossible )

Yeah, my calipers are a life saver. I wouldn't wish to eyeball doses ever again in life.

We usually go to a drop dose before trying an OTJ trial. A drop dose is where you hold the plunger in while inserting the syringe into the insulin. Then let go of the plunger and it sucks a drop back into the syringe by itself.

Ohhhh, okay.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Below the 0.25 unit dose, we have a 0.1 unit dose. The "drop" dose is even smaller. Not all cats need the drop dose, depends what their numbers look like. This post Reminder: *earning* reductions and starting OTJ trials explains what you are looking for.

 

[OlivesMom]

Thanks so much!