4/10 Zeke PMPS 112; +3 / 31; Reducie to 0.1u tomorrow

[MrZ]

Evening LL,

Well I was totally caught off guard by that +3. I'm so out of practice dealing with the 30's that it took me quite awhile to decide what to feed Zeke. He slowly went up and is now at 53 (+5.25). I wish I'd fed him a bit more as I'm not going to be too comfortable going to bed with him in the low 50's. I'll be testing in another 30 minutes for his 2 hours after eating test. I'll probably stay up a little longer just to get comfortable that he's going to be ok. He hasn't dropped back down so that's good.

Well, I would have preferred that Zeke was all green for a good 7 days before reducing to 0.1u but you DO NOT IGNORE A 30. Keeping fingers crossed that (1) I can figure out how to load a 0.1u shot and (2) that Zeke does well on the reducie. I am a little concerned that I may have shorted him some food tonight before he dropped. Gosh, I sure hope that's not the case. I was a bit distracted when I was fixing his bowl(s) - on the phone with DH while scanning condos and reading the sad news about Chyna. My thoughts are with Rachel. She was such an awesome, loving momma bean to Chyna. :sad:

Well, paws and fingers crossed for the rest of the night and also for this next dose for Zeke. He's been in a foul mood of late. I think he's kinda had it with all the pokes. Poor kitty. Momma's gotta do what momma's gotta do.

Night everyone.

Zeke's 4/6 Condo

 

[Marje and Gracie]

Hi Laura

We are also greatly saddened about Chyna :sad: :sad:

I think Gracie is convincing too many of her kitty pals to hit those low numbers and it's not good! You did a super job but, yes, you'll have to be sure he stays up.

Good luck with the reduction.

 

[MrZ]

Thanks Marje for the support.

I do have a two questions. (1) What is 0.1u, in terms of drops? I'll need to practice drawing it but I'd be curious to count the drops to know I'm at least close.
(2) Should I try the +9 snack again? Would it work if it were a 0% or 2% carb food, say 1/2 teaspoon or is 4% better, say 1 teaspoon?

Thanks.

 

[Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey]

Hi Laura:

Just wanted to say congrats on the reducie. Good luck with loading that dose!

Zeke looks like he wants your undivided attention tonight. I hope you get him to surf safely so you can sleep. :mrgreen:

 

[Marje and Gracie]

I never did drops because I couldn't get them consistent. But it doesn't really matter how many drops any of the rest of us get. It's most important that you try to figure out how many there are that you can consistently expel in the 0.1u dose shown below.

I know Ann would draw the dose and then slowly expel until the drop started off the bevel. That was her one drop. Just try and make it consistent and see how many you get.



The +9 snack shouldn't matter if it is 0 or 4%. What we're looking for is if the pancreas is working. So if you give 0 or 2 or 4%, it won't matter. If the pancreas is working, the PS will be lower. If it's not lower, the pancreas isn't quite working.