Beck and Philly
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We are in the "getting back on track" mode, I guess. Sunday night Grandpa ate his snack and a quarter can of 9Lives before helping a couple of the others with their 9Lives. Just as before, he didn't have an appetite the next day or today. That tells me that I have to more closely monitor his food intake.
Yesterday he slept most of the day although he did join the gang at the front door whenever I let the dog out. It has become a ritual that Trixie gets a treat when she comes back in and the cats get treats as well. Grandpa loves the Stella & Chewy freeze dried duck.
When he was going low at night, I used all of my AlphaTrak strips but one. I had 200 Freestyle InsulinX strips and 100 AT strips ordered, but they weren't here yet. I had to start using the meter I bought for ketones -NovaMax Plus since I had 100 glucose strips for it. I actually like that meter.
Yesterday the first order of InsulinX strips arrived. I can't see any difference between them and the AT strips. They even have the same butterfly logo in the same spot. We did some comparison testing last night and the AT meter was reading about 100 mg higher than the NM. So, after a day in blue yesterday on the NM, we are back in red for today's AMPS on the AT.
So now I have a cat in the red who doesn't want to eat. But I have a Grandpa who woke up chasing my fingers and putting his sweet old noggin in my hand for neck rubs. We'll carry on, figure out the strips, find a food he likes, and move ahead.
We are in the "getting back on track" mode, I guess. Sunday night Grandpa ate his snack and a quarter can of 9Lives before helping a couple of the others with their 9Lives. Just as before, he didn't have an appetite the next day or today. That tells me that I have to more closely monitor his food intake.
Yesterday he slept most of the day although he did join the gang at the front door whenever I let the dog out. It has become a ritual that Trixie gets a treat when she comes back in and the cats get treats as well. Grandpa loves the Stella & Chewy freeze dried duck.
When he was going low at night, I used all of my AlphaTrak strips but one. I had 200 Freestyle InsulinX strips and 100 AT strips ordered, but they weren't here yet. I had to start using the meter I bought for ketones -NovaMax Plus since I had 100 glucose strips for it. I actually like that meter.
Yesterday the first order of InsulinX strips arrived. I can't see any difference between them and the AT strips. They even have the same butterfly logo in the same spot. We did some comparison testing last night and the AT meter was reading about 100 mg higher than the NM. So, after a day in blue yesterday on the NM, we are back in red for today's AMPS on the AT.
So now I have a cat in the red who doesn't want to eat. But I have a Grandpa who woke up chasing my fingers and putting his sweet old noggin in my hand for neck rubs. We'll carry on, figure out the strips, find a food he likes, and move ahead.
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