Dosage Advice Please (Novolin n)

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EmmettsMom

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This morning Emmett had his lowest AMPS of 166 which tells me that he probably got pretty low last night. I gave him food around 10:30pm to help keep his BG elevated through the night, but hindsight is 20/20 and I wish I had gotten up at 1am to check him or at the very least checked him at 11 before bed. He was fed at 5:30am.

Usual shot time is 8:30, but I'm stalling and will test again at 9:30. Gave him more food. Assuming his BG is >250 at 9:30 I'm going to shoot, but I'm thinking I should back it off to 1 or 1.5U rather than the 2.25 I have been giving him. I'm trying to stay consistent with my dosage to see how he does for a few days but I'm not so comfortable with the 2.25 if his pre-shot number is so low. Is it commonplace for NPH users to adjust dosage as needed based on pre-shot numbers?
 
I think that's a good plan. I'm not a Novalin person so I hesitate to offer specific advice here, but I looked at Emmett's spreadsheet and it seemed to me that he did well on 2U.

Even that might be a bit too much for him-- you don't have a lot of nighttime tests, but there was one night you got a test and he was at 107. A lot of kitties go lower at night, so the daytime numbers may not give the whole story.
 
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