Dosing advice, again.

[Ashley Kondor]

I have below my spreadsheet. We have been on a streak of no shots because I’m worried the .25 will still be too much? I’m I being paranoid? Should she get a .25u dose (vetsulin). I did reach out to my vet about switching her insulin to lantus or something more steady that can be given in smaller and she said she will get back to me when she returns to work but said she may not need insulin anymore and I’m just a little uneasy. Im currently stalling but I don’t think her BG will go up that much in 20 mins, I think it will still be under 150 and I’m uneasy about giving the vetsulin at that point. Advice??
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZWu4_1eupjpBMKWC4OjGfzf1nXNR11ecro7EkOgJVus/edit

 

[Gus the Furminator]

@FrostD are you able to help Ashley out?

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Give me a minute to look at your spreadsheet

 

[FrostD]

Chris is here, she'll give great advice. I think I had suggested before to try a 0.1-0.25U dose? Unfortunately I can't dig at the moment. If she still around 145 and you can monitor, I'd give it a try.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Im currently stalling but I don’t think her BG will go up that much in 20 mins, I think it will still be under 150 and I’m uneasy about giving the vetsulin at that point. Advice??

Are you going to be home tonight and able to test as often (or long) as might be necessary? Do you have plenty of supplies like Karo (corn syrup), honey, maple syrup, high carb "gravy" food, test strips?

If the answer is yes, I'd try the .25 ......141 is close enough to 150 and she came up 20 points in 20 minutes so that's a good indication that the morning shot is wearing off.

As long as you can test, YOU are always in control of her blood glucose. The reason we stress testing is so you don't end up in an ER with a cat having a hypoglycemic crisis.

 

[Ashley Kondor]

Are you going to be home tonight and able to test as often (or long) as might be necessary? Do you have plenty of supplies like Karo (corn syrup), honey, maple syrup, high carb "gravy" food, test strips?

If the answer is yes, I'd try the .25 ......141 is close enough to 150 and she came up 20 points in 20 minutes so that's a good indication that the morning shot is wearing off.

As long as you can test, YOU are always in control of her blood glucose. The reason we stress testing is so you don't end up in an ER with a cat having a hypoglycemic crisis.

 

[FrostD]

Oh this reminds me, I think last thread the forum ate your reply like it did this one

 

[Ashley Kondor]

Thank you so much.

Are you going to be home tonight and able to test as often (or long) as might be necessary? Do you have plenty of supplies like Karo (corn syrup), honey, maple syrup, high carb "gravy" food, test strips?

If the answer is yes, I'd try the .25 ......141 is close enough to 150 and she came up 20 points in 20 minutes so that's a good indication that the morning shot is wearing off.

As long as you can test, YOU are always in control of her blood glucose. The reason we stress testing is so you don't end up in an ER with a cat having a hypoglycemic crisis.

 

[Ashley Kondor]

So she actually hasn’t had a shot of insulin since the evening of the 10th!

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Ashley, I know you're new to message boards so here's something that may help. You don't need to hit the "reply" in the bottom right corner.

If you scroll down past the last comment (like I just did), you can just start typing to answer questions we might have asked or give us more information on what's going on.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

So she actually hasn’t had a shot of insulin since the evening of the 10th!

I know, but she needs to be getting insulin. She's still running too high (not bad high, but normal is 50-120 so we want her spending as much time as possible there so her pancreas can possibly heal and start working again!)