5/23 Luke AMPS 265, 242 + 1, 131 +2, 69 +3

[Kristen ardito]

previous posts for continuity:

yesterday: https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/amps-1-321-3-319-6-313-10-338.277819/

previous: https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...-b-311-5-236-6-221-9-292.277785/#post-3073361

Help! I just don't understand. Yesterday I was thinking that Luke maybe was ready for a dose increase. Then overnight his numbers stabilized into the 200s so I held off, thinking he was coming off his bounce. I held his dose to 1.75 this morning and now his numbers are plummeting. Libre shows trend going down so I just gave him some food with gravy and am going to monitor closely.

So now, I have a new question: Does this warrant a dose decrease now that he's dipped into the 60s (I double checked accuracy with Freestyle Lite and got a 63).

What a roller coaster!

Editing newer numbers:

+ 3 - 69

15 min later: 65 - gave fancy feast w gravy
15 min later: 62 - gave 7 pieces small dry food
15 min later: 54 - gave little syrup
15 min later: 69

 

[tiffmaxee]

It was likely a bounce clearing cycle that gave extra momentum. With TR and a human meter you reduce if the bg falls under 50. It hasn’t. Remember normal bg with a human meter is 50-90. This was a nice pancreas healing cycle. It’s exactly what you want to see, lots of green.
Do you feed a small snack at +1 when the bg is lower than the preshot? Big drops create bounces as do being lower than the cats body is used to until they become regulated.

 

[tiffmaxee]

Greens are scary at first but if 50+ totally safe. They soon become contagious. This is the best cycle yet! He let you know not to increase.

 

[Kristen ardito]

Thank you thank you thank you!! ok, I admit, I panicked. .

I even read and reread the sticky saying "don't panic" and I've given him a bit of dry food (about 7 pieces, each hour) and some syrup on his gums and a little food with gravy.

Just checked again and he's 63 (now at +6)

I will talk myself off the ledge.

I also think it's b/c the Libre was giving me alerts for low that I was scared.

 

[Kristen ardito]

Also, I should say he's acting fine. Totally normal and if anything, wanted to play a little while ago. So that's something.

 

[tiffmaxee]

I think we ALL were scared when we first saw BG under 100. It’s normal and good because you never want to become complacent. Good job handling this even though I know how scary. Handling lows in the middle of the night is fun too!