First time monitoring blood sugar at home

[Lianne]

Hello! I am so excited that I'm learning how to monitor mr Higgins blood sugar at my home so we get on our way to a healthier and happier Mr Higgins!

Here's what today looked like:
9:45am fasted 27.4
And then given 4 insulin units of caninsulin

11:45 21.9

2:15 18

4:00 23

6:00 25.9

7:45 23.9

9:45 28.9

He's currently on d/m wet Food. I was told his lowest level should be between 6-11 but he doesn't seem near this number. What do these numbers show?

 

[BJM]

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[BJM]

So far, he isn't regulated, nor even close. It could be that his insulin is too low OR too high. Yeah, diabetes can be weird that way.

You're still early in the dance, and it is a process of getting control. Having patience will make it less stressful - you make small changes, test and record, and look for patterns in how he is responding that give clues on what needs to happen to get better control.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

To me it looks like a typical Caninsulin/Vetsulin curve. The insulin is working.It peaks (lowest reading) is at about 5 hours.
I wold increase the dose if y have been on 4 units for 3 days or more,