72hrs OTJ!? Am I doing this right?

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sheeboo

sheeboo

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Cross-posting here and in the Honeymoon forum....

Kahn hasn't had insulin since 7am MST on Friday. His numbers have gone as high as 173 but he's coming back down into low 100s by himself.

Do the more experienced eyes agree with my call to withdraw insulin?

Background:
Khan was doing well on 1-.75U Levemir 2X/day and Friskies classic pate for most of the past year. I would check BG on Sundays and sporadically whenever he seemed off somehow.

In Feb, on a spot check, he was 32. So I started testing more often and we dropped him down to .5u/2X day.

He was doing well on .5u but there were a few lows (40s). I finally got some more ketone strips last week so felt safe withdrawing insulin over the weekend while being able to test more often.

Here are the past two days

Am I doing this correctly? Safely? Suggestions?

Thanks, everyone!
Brie
 
Hiya Brie! From my understanding, you want to find a dose you can give twice a day in both the AM and PM cycles. Since Kahn is still going up in the high 100s - 200s, he still needs insulin. Unfortunately, I am not totally familiar with Levemir, so you may want to post this in the L&L board for dosing assistance.
 
Amanda and a Loudogg said:
Hiya Brie! From my understanding, you want to find a dose you can give twice a day in both the AM and PM cycles. Since Kahn is still going up in the high 100s - 200s, he still needs insulin.
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On .5u twice a day, he was dropping into the 30s-40s, which is why I withdrew insulin completely. I'm not thrilled about the 173 but as he's coming down so much unassisted, I'm reluctant to dose at all, especially when I'm not going to be home during the day. Do you think that's a mistake?

He hasn't been in the 200s since I removed insulin. During spot checks, he hasn't been in the 200s for months

Brie
 
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