cat not responding to insulin

[HuskerGyrl]

But I’m kind of a hypocrite! The first time Josie “limed,” I think we gave her a full can of gravy food AND temptations treats (essentially kitty sugar cookies) AND we “iced” the treats with honey! We’re lucky she didn’t spontaneously morph into a big bag of sugar on the spot! ... esp since, I’ll admit it, I think she was at +5.5 or even +6 at the time and so was almost certainly about to come up all on her own as she hit her nadir.

LOL! Yes!! Total freakout -- but my VET was also freaking out so that didn't help. I think R got like 2-3 T of Karo... treats, food... lol. Great info about the steering.

 

[Jenna Josie]

Also, not sure what happened last night, but it looks like you gave a unit more this AM then yesterday AM? Curious to know what may have happened last night since the AMPS was lower than it has been ...?

 

[fatcat]

Jenna, not sure what you mean. I have been giving Tige 3 units twice a day since Aug. 30. I haven't tested since Aug. 29.

 

[Jenna Josie]

Oh! Oops! Looks like I didn’t actually, you know, read the numbers. I was assuming that consecutive lines were consecutive days. My bad.

 

[fatcat]

I had to stop testing, I was driving myself crazy, my husband too. I had changed his food and insulin, so I wanted to let it settle down for a week. And did it ever! The vet said to skip his dose tonight. His BG was 7.9 at 10+ hours. She said to give him 2 in the morning and monitor. He is not very hungry tonight -- a first for him. He always bugs for food, starting about 2 hours before he is supposed to eat. He is usually following me around and yelling until he gets his food. Not tonight. But when I got out his food, he came. He only ate about 1/3 of it, if that. I hope that's not a bad sign. He didn't sleep much today though, with us poking him hourly for three hours straight and then every two hours. He also went outside -- I watch him and don't let him wander -- and almost caught a squirrel! Very exciting day for him.