? 22/4/2020 ?HYPO!! PMPS 68, 76 then 40

[Rosanna and Harvey]

Hello,

Harvey's PM pre shoot today was 68, I stalled, re tested then gave half a dose (1unit) at 76. He then tested at 40, not symptomatic but I gave him some food and bit of higher carb food.

Harvey started on opioids for pancreatitis today so not sure if that is messing with his numbers. He was 187 at the vets today about 2 hours post his morning dose of 2 units.

 

[Rosanna and Harvey]

50 now 30 minutes post 40, with food on board for approx 20

 

[Rosanna and Harvey]

Now 43 do I give more high carb food?

 

[Briere Fur Mom]

Now 43 do I give more high carb food?

I would offer a little more HC.

ETA: Re-test 30 min after giving the HC.

 

[Nan & Amber (GA)]

Given that pain can raise BG, I wouldn't be surprised if the pain meds dropped the numbers.

Good catch!!!

 

[Rosanna and Harvey]

Given that pain can raise BG, I wouldn't be surprised if the pain meds dropped the numbers.

Good catch!!!

I was pretty conflicted about whether to go ahead with his 2 units tonight so I'm glad I didn't! He's had a full tin of fancy feast HC now, as well as a bit of air dried (low carb) to coax him out from under the bed.

 

[Nan & Amber (GA)]

Time for the next test?

 

[Rosanna and Harvey]

64.8. It took ALOT to get him out from under the bed, where he basically lives now because all I do is stab him . He's gone from the sweetest kitty to one who won't even sit next to me.

 

[Rosanna and Harvey]

I've left out some HC food, but I have to go to sleep, it's 0130 here and I have to be at work for 7am tomorrow to look after people patients

 

[Nan & Amber (GA)]

OK, leaving out the HC food is good. Even with the half-dose tonight, he'll still have the 2.0U depot going, so he may need a boost at some point. Most cats will seek out food when going low, hopefully he's one of them.

Sleep well!

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Don't forget to update the spreadsheet with the dose you shot last night. And congrats on that reduction down to 1.75 units.

 

[Rosanna and Harvey]

Don't forget to update the spreadsheet with the dose you shot last night. And congrats on that reduction down to 1.75 units.

I popped that dose in the comments because I didn't give it until after I had the 4.6 number .

 

[Wendy&Neko]

To most of us, a blank units entry means you either skipped, or forgot to enter the data. A better way to note the dose is to put something like "1U @+13" in the Units cell. That lets us know you stalled an hour and gave one unit. That is, if that's how long you stalled. For the other numbers last night, it's OK to stack tests in one cell. If you got a 2.2 and 2.6 at +2 and +2.5, you could note under the +2 cell as "2.2; 2.8@2.5". Otherwise it looks like you waited an hour after that 2.2 before testing again. In the US copy of the spreadsheet, you'll have to make manual changes, but it only converts actual numbers.