Amy & Papaya (GA)
Member Since 2012
Yesterday Dec. 27
Usually her bounces clear a bit faster than this, so I was hoping for lower numbers this morning. Boo. I'm also wondering if a switch to differently-marked syringes (I work for property management, and a guy TRASHED his apartment but left behind a case of 1,000 insulin syringes, thank you very much) may have inadvertently "skinnied" the dose a bit. If the numbers stay high I'll fatten the dose just a touch. I hate seeing the high numbers, but when she dives into green every couple days, then bounces like crazy, I also hate to increase! Patience, patience . . .
Tomorrow I'm driving out to my parents' for a few days. It's about a 4-1/2 hour drive. Papaya has been there many times and is very relaxed with them and the house, so hopefully the visit won't cause any wonkiness. She's also not bad about car travel, sort of grudgingly accepting of the situation. However, I can't leave until mid-afternoon, about an hour before I usually give Papaya her shot. I'm trying to work her shots a bit earlier coming up to the trip so I can give her a good meal and her shot, then go. Does anyone see any problem with that? With all her bouncing, I don't want to mess things up further by skipping or delaying a shot, but it won't be easy to monitor once we're on the road, obviously, and she probably won't be too interested in eating until we arrive. Is it safe to assume that the stress of travelling would tend to increase her BG, making a drop less likely? Any thoughts are welcome!
Usually her bounces clear a bit faster than this, so I was hoping for lower numbers this morning. Boo. I'm also wondering if a switch to differently-marked syringes (I work for property management, and a guy TRASHED his apartment but left behind a case of 1,000 insulin syringes, thank you very much) may have inadvertently "skinnied" the dose a bit. If the numbers stay high I'll fatten the dose just a touch. I hate seeing the high numbers, but when she dives into green every couple days, then bounces like crazy, I also hate to increase! Patience, patience . . .
Tomorrow I'm driving out to my parents' for a few days. It's about a 4-1/2 hour drive. Papaya has been there many times and is very relaxed with them and the house, so hopefully the visit won't cause any wonkiness. She's also not bad about car travel, sort of grudgingly accepting of the situation. However, I can't leave until mid-afternoon, about an hour before I usually give Papaya her shot. I'm trying to work her shots a bit earlier coming up to the trip so I can give her a good meal and her shot, then go. Does anyone see any problem with that? With all her bouncing, I don't want to mess things up further by skipping or delaying a shot, but it won't be easy to monitor once we're on the road, obviously, and she probably won't be too interested in eating until we arrive. Is it safe to assume that the stress of travelling would tend to increase her BG, making a drop less likely? Any thoughts are welcome!
mid day before nadir and it was in the middle of nowhere. A straight road in boiling hot Wyoming with rest stops closed and not even side roads to get off. I'm guessing your trip will not be so remote. If you shoot a full dose I would plan on having your BG test kit in the car with easy access and plan on a pit stop. Neko would only eat in the car if it was stopped and that is the only safe way to test. I had a small cooler pack with a food dish, water, spoon, small cans of LC, MC, HC, can lids, syringe for feeding (just in case), karo, paper towel, and ziplocs to put the dirty dish in afterwards. I ended up feeding HC a couple of times to keep her high enough to travel between stops. After that, I gave her a reduced dose for the following two days of travel.