KleineMue
Member Since 2014
*gnarl*hiss*throws tantrum*stamps feet*curses OH, the cat, the illness, the universe*despairs*laments the unfair nature of it all*swears profusely*
Rahhhhh! angry(2)_cat
So, we have practically no useful data since DAYS now, actually make that a week! Last Sunday the vet recommended to increase the dosage to 2.5 units and we didn't test his glucose levels for 48 hours after (IDIOTS!!!). And then we had a short night time curve which showed that fantastic nadir of 4.2 and because we felt smug we then only tested AMPS and PMPS for a few days which was all hunky-dory until we got the crazy low 5.8 PMPS on Friday which didn't raise alarm bells with me and I injected him with 2.5 units of Caninsulin anyway. Clever cat tried to steal Josie's nutella bread in desperation, doubtlessly to counteract the dangerously low blood sugars and miraculously survived the night and then Saturday morning as we realised what has happened we unlocked a whole new level of complexities around food and monitoring and gah!
And when I say 'we' it's actually 'me' because OH is seemingly terrified of poking the cat and it leaves both of them traumatised without any results. He also claims he can't feel when the needle goes in when he injects Pedro so really it's all down to me. He also hasn't really read that much about feline diabetes at all and he hasn't quite caught up with the much more complex playing field we are now moving on.
Which sadly didn't stop him feeding the cat Sunday evening before I could get a PMPS after a rather disrupted and odd 'curve' which ended in 22.3 before dinner!!! And then Monday morning because the cat wouldn't leave him alone.
And again this afternoon coming home early from work before me after two failed attempts to get BG data. *squinty eyes*tight lips*menacing growling*
So, where are we at? Decided to stay up and test Pedro throughout the night to get SOME kind of handle on his blood sugars again! Also using secondary observation as he is actually giving away a lot more than we think. Before I tested him at +2 he had big pupils, he was clearly hungry despite having gotten his 'prescribed' portion of diabetic cat food.
At +2 he was 12.6 and at +3 just now he was 6.9. He was desperately looking for some food so initially gave a teensy amount of extra diabetic cat food and when that clearly wasn't enough a tiny amount of carb rich dry food. (don't have a hypo 'kit' just yet, but have dry Hill's Science Plan left over which would fit the bill except for being dry, no?) He is now settling down to sleep.
Now, one of the things I had to get my head around is the relationship between food and insulin. You all actually wrote it on my original thread, the fact that I can feed a bit more as that's common and necessary as we learn to 'regulate' the diabetes. I didn't really 'get' it until this weekend and we still haven't really translated this into action in our new rhythm.
From hereon in it's
7.30am
AMPS
Food (2/3)
8am: Insulin (2 'fat' units) plus 1/3 food
when possible test +2 (10am), +4 (12pm), +6 (2pm). +8 (4pm) and +10 (6pm)
Up until +8 we can give a bit more food if needed to soften the 'crash' and 'bounce'
No extra food from 5pm
7.30pm
PMPS
Food (2/3)
8pm: Insulin (2 'fat' units) plus 1/3 food
when possible test +2 (10pm), +4 (12am), +6 (2am), +8 (4am) and +10 (6am)
Up until +8 we can give a bit more food if needed to soften the 'crash' and 'bounce'
No extra food from 5am
Does this look right?
In my smugness from a week ago I thought "Awesome, we got this! He will be regulated and sorted within the next 2 weeks and we can then move him onto the <8% carb calorie food!!" Instead I now think we will get this started a bit sooner and I will research what brand is readily available near us and then very very slowly start changing both cats over while we still have a small supply of the prescription foods. Do you think that's ok?
Oh, tested Enzo, our other cat. He was most upset that I poked him and put up much more of a fight than Pedro. His PMPS came back as 2.9. I should probably do a couple more to be sure but it looks like he doesn't have diabetes. Yay!!! He does however have unusually long claws in the moment and clearly lacks the inclination and/or opportunity to scratch them shorter. Maybe a nice new scratching post is in order for Christmas?
Love from the Wirral,
Mue x
Rahhhhh! angry(2)_cat
So, we have practically no useful data since DAYS now, actually make that a week! Last Sunday the vet recommended to increase the dosage to 2.5 units and we didn't test his glucose levels for 48 hours after (IDIOTS!!!). And then we had a short night time curve which showed that fantastic nadir of 4.2 and because we felt smug we then only tested AMPS and PMPS for a few days which was all hunky-dory until we got the crazy low 5.8 PMPS on Friday which didn't raise alarm bells with me and I injected him with 2.5 units of Caninsulin anyway. Clever cat tried to steal Josie's nutella bread in desperation, doubtlessly to counteract the dangerously low blood sugars and miraculously survived the night and then Saturday morning as we realised what has happened we unlocked a whole new level of complexities around food and monitoring and gah!
And when I say 'we' it's actually 'me' because OH is seemingly terrified of poking the cat and it leaves both of them traumatised without any results. He also claims he can't feel when the needle goes in when he injects Pedro so really it's all down to me. He also hasn't really read that much about feline diabetes at all and he hasn't quite caught up with the much more complex playing field we are now moving on.
Which sadly didn't stop him feeding the cat Sunday evening before I could get a PMPS after a rather disrupted and odd 'curve' which ended in 22.3 before dinner!!! And then Monday morning because the cat wouldn't leave him alone.
And again this afternoon coming home early from work before me after two failed attempts to get BG data. *squinty eyes*tight lips*menacing growling*
So, where are we at? Decided to stay up and test Pedro throughout the night to get SOME kind of handle on his blood sugars again! Also using secondary observation as he is actually giving away a lot more than we think. Before I tested him at +2 he had big pupils, he was clearly hungry despite having gotten his 'prescribed' portion of diabetic cat food.
At +2 he was 12.6 and at +3 just now he was 6.9. He was desperately looking for some food so initially gave a teensy amount of extra diabetic cat food and when that clearly wasn't enough a tiny amount of carb rich dry food. (don't have a hypo 'kit' just yet, but have dry Hill's Science Plan left over which would fit the bill except for being dry, no?) He is now settling down to sleep.
Now, one of the things I had to get my head around is the relationship between food and insulin. You all actually wrote it on my original thread, the fact that I can feed a bit more as that's common and necessary as we learn to 'regulate' the diabetes. I didn't really 'get' it until this weekend and we still haven't really translated this into action in our new rhythm.
From hereon in it's
7.30am
AMPS
Food (2/3)
8am: Insulin (2 'fat' units) plus 1/3 food
when possible test +2 (10am), +4 (12pm), +6 (2pm). +8 (4pm) and +10 (6pm)
Up until +8 we can give a bit more food if needed to soften the 'crash' and 'bounce'
No extra food from 5pm
7.30pm
PMPS
Food (2/3)
8pm: Insulin (2 'fat' units) plus 1/3 food
when possible test +2 (10pm), +4 (12am), +6 (2am), +8 (4am) and +10 (6am)
Up until +8 we can give a bit more food if needed to soften the 'crash' and 'bounce'
No extra food from 5am
Does this look right?
In my smugness from a week ago I thought "Awesome, we got this! He will be regulated and sorted within the next 2 weeks and we can then move him onto the <8% carb calorie food!!" Instead I now think we will get this started a bit sooner and I will research what brand is readily available near us and then very very slowly start changing both cats over while we still have a small supply of the prescription foods. Do you think that's ok?
Oh, tested Enzo, our other cat. He was most upset that I poked him and put up much more of a fight than Pedro. His PMPS came back as 2.9. I should probably do a couple more to be sure but it looks like he doesn't have diabetes. Yay!!! He does however have unusually long claws in the moment and clearly lacks the inclination and/or opportunity to scratch them shorter. Maybe a nice new scratching post is in order for Christmas?
Love from the Wirral,
Mue x
