68 @ +3.5 with another 1-2 hours before nadir

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

Vinnie has been really hungry and lethargic and this is the lowest I've ever seen him. I know it's technically not in hypo area but he tends to nadir at +4 or +5. How often should I be checking him? And should I be doing anything to get him up a bit higher?

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

I just gave him a can of the roast turkey feast which is still low carb but higher than he normally gets.

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

And the 68 was after he ate an entire can of food (before the roast turkey) so it may have been lower.

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

When Magic dropped things changed VERY quickly. I was testing every 15 min until he cleared 100

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

It took about 30 minutes before I started seeing a rise

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

Thank you for responding @Denver He's eaten 2 cans of food and so far only up by 1 point. I am giving him more food and continuing to test.

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

You may want to consider just a touch of Karo since you haven’t hit nadir if it doesn’t show more improvement in 15-30min

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

Okay. I'm testing him again in 3 minutes and will do that if no improvement. Thank you for the advice!

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

Okay he's at 80 now so I'm feeling less panicked. Since it's up by 11 points, does that mean we're good? Should I continue monitoring every 15-20 minutes?

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

I’d get one more reading… once you clear 100 I think you can safely remove the 911
Just really watch him during nadir…. He may bounce really high but that’s better than low.

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

Thank you so much @Denver ! I'll test until we clear 100. One more question - I saw in the hypo sticky that I should lower his next dose. Is it only the next dose that gets lowered or do I lower it for a few cycles? I'm still trying to find his ideal dose.

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

Thank you so much @Denver ! I'll test until we clear 100. One more question - I saw in the hypo sticky that I should lower his next dose. Is it only the next dose that gets lowered or do I lower it for a few cycles? I'm still trying to find his ideal dose.

By the protocol here he earned a .25u reduction in dose going forward from whatever he is on now unless there was an obvious reason he crashed (ie didn’t eat, vomited after eating, etc).

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

By the protocol here he earned a .25u reduction in dose going forward from whatever he is on now unless there was an obvious reason he crashed (ie didn’t eat, vomited after eating, etc).

Thanks for clarifying and thank you again so much for being here to help!

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

Thanks for clarifying and thank you again so much for being here to help!

You’re definitely welcome! Glad I could help.
These things can be scary - I had one myself with Magic last weekend and was a total wreck.

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

You’re definitely welcome! Glad I could help.
These things can be scary - I had one myself with Magic last weekend and was a total wreck.

I saw your spreadsheet numbers from your scare. I'm glad Magic came through it and seeing the numbers is definitely helpful.

So Vinnie's dropped again. He's now at 79 which isn't horrible but it's going the wrong way so I will feed even higher carb food and keep testing...

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

Yeah, you’re going to unfortunately need to use high carb if he’s headed down again. Just remember it takes about 30 min for their effect to show.

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

Okay a little FF with gravy 30 minutes ago did the trick. He's at 104 now Thanks again for helping me through this!

 

[Denver & Magic (GA)]

No problem!
You can probably turn the 911 off now. You can always turn it back in if he goes south again.

 

[Vinnie Van Gogh's Mom]

No problem!
You can probably turn the 911 off now. You can always turn it back in if he goes south again.

Thanks for the reminder!