6/6/10 Nay AMPS 74

[Traveling Cats]

yesterday
We're doing great, racing down the hill whether we like it or not. Despite slightly higher numbers yesterday the BG dropped to 49 last night on the 0.25 dose. I guess he decided to stick with the program. I've noticed he does not feel well when his BG is in the 40s or 50s, he won't purr, doesn't want to eat, and doesn't want to be held. I finally found a food he will eat when he's low - it was Whiskas turkey in meaty sauce. I can't find it on the food charts but the ingredients did not include wheat gluten etc. Might have been low carb. I have not yet found a high carb food he likes. He didn't think much of LC food with Karo on it either. He just doesn't want to eat when he's low.

Overall we're happy and doing great. Probably will spend a couple days giving 0.10 unless he "demands" to get off sooner!

 

[Libby and Lucy]

I must have posted in yesterday's condo instead of today's. Here's my post, in case you missed it.

good luck with the dosecrease!

Now that Nay is on a teeny weeny dose, I want you to do a little experiment. It's pretty much impossible to hypo on such a tiny dose of insulin (some say impossible, but I don't like to make things that concrete). Next time Nay's numbers start to drop, instead of bringing out the HC food, first try 2 tsp of regular LC wet food. Test again in 1/2 hour to see if that slowed the drop and started him surfing. You'll probably see that it does. 0.1u is so different than the 1.5u you're used to, it's so little insulin and easy to overcome with food.

Once I learned that Lucy could surf 50's on low carb food, which is what I always left out for her anyway, I felt a lot more comfortable about going out. I was able to test less, and life was good. Lucy even liked to surf the 40's, which freaked me out at first until I realized that she was fine and that her regular food was keeping her there and not letting her drop further.

The goal at this point is to keep Nay on that little drop of insulin for a while, hopefully 7 full days of green and low blue, before stopping insulin. That will give his pancreas maximum healing time before making it do the job alone.

Yay, Nay is doing so well!