Chuck and Susan
Member Since 2010
Here's the story... We had to go out of town this weekend, this had been planned and paid for for 2 months (before Chuck went back on insulin). While we have a great cat sitter, neither he nor I was comfortable with his testing and making shot decisions, especially since Chuck seems to bounce a lot, and needs frequent testing.
When I tested Chuck on Saturday morning, he was at 91, so I didn't give a shot. I tested again before we left town, +2, he was at 363. Too late for a shot, and probably working on a food spike since he had been fed mini-meals at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30.
The cat sitter had instructions to contact the vet if Chuck was "off," even though the vet likely wouldn't have been much help, as I am "managing" Chuck's diabetes without his help/advice. I also didn't want to board him at the vet, for very much the same reasons -- vet stress, no one who was "qualified" to make shot decisions, and probably no one around to test if needed.
So, when we got home, I tested. At 50 hours after his last shot, he's at 429, and, again, that's likely part food spike because the cat sitter had fed them at shot time (5:30 pm).
I don't know what to make of this. Shouldn't he be sky-high after 50 hours? His depot is certainly depleted by this time, so why isn't he much, much higher?
When I tested Chuck on Saturday morning, he was at 91, so I didn't give a shot. I tested again before we left town, +2, he was at 363. Too late for a shot, and probably working on a food spike since he had been fed mini-meals at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30.
The cat sitter had instructions to contact the vet if Chuck was "off," even though the vet likely wouldn't have been much help, as I am "managing" Chuck's diabetes without his help/advice. I also didn't want to board him at the vet, for very much the same reasons -- vet stress, no one who was "qualified" to make shot decisions, and probably no one around to test if needed.
So, when we got home, I tested. At 50 hours after his last shot, he's at 429, and, again, that's likely part food spike because the cat sitter had fed them at shot time (5:30 pm).
I don't know what to make of this. Shouldn't he be sky-high after 50 hours? His depot is certainly depleted by this time, so why isn't he much, much higher?
