Some times it is off a near hypo number, some times it is from a lower number than they are use to, some times it is from a free fall i.e. going from the 400s to 100 in the space of 3 hours, and lastly and the hardest one to grasp at times...Too Much Insulin.
The later is what I suspect that was the cause for Autumn, but since she doesn't hold a full .25u reduction when she at .5u I am taking her down more slowly this time. If she holds true to form either today or tomorrow she is going to make a run for the basement and earn herself another .1 reduction in dose.
From my understanding of the process since Autumn is the first one that I have had to walk off insulin, Autumn right now is in the stage before remission that drives everyone nuts. Her pancreas is trying to take back over but just isn't quite there yet, so some day's it works a little making her dose too high, other days it is still napping and doesn't so I have balance that action out for it, but since I'm using Levemir I don't know if her pancreas is going to decide to work today after she eats or not so I have to reduce her dose a drop at a time as she tells me that in general it is too high for her now. When she bounces high I add a drop when she is low at preshot I reduce a drop. :roll:
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
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