First time of a BG 48 HELP

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Eliza&Giuseppe

Eliza&Giuseppe

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Giuseppe was at 72 this morning on his AMPS so I fed him then gave him his normal 2U of levemir then checked his BG at +5 and he was at 48!! I fed him and did a recheck after 30 mins and he went up to 52 so I waited 2hrs and tested again and he's back down to 48. I talked to someone that explained the "shoot low to stay low" so I thought I was doing the right thing but now I'm second guessing and wondering if I did the right thing… If someone could please take a look at his chart and tell me if I did something wrong? I am very very new to all this and still need a ton of help. Thank you so much in advance, kinda scared right now
 
Hello! Im still new to this board, and I use Lantus, so I cant advise you. Of it were mine I would try to keep him over 50 by feeding a teaspoon or 2 of regular low carb food, and retest/repeat every 20-30 min until he comes up and stays above 50 and rising. good luck and hopefully someone who is more experienced will answer soon!
 
On a human glucometer, we really want them to stay above 50 mg/dL.
Your dose may be a smidge too high to do that - I'm on my phone which doesn't reliably see spreadsheets.

Give 1-2 teaspoons of high carb gravy or a couple drops of Karo or other syrup.
Wait 20 min
Re-test
If still below 50, repeat
Continue until 3 rising glucose tests in a row and past nadir (which can be as lat as +9 to +12 with Levemir)

I've put a post out in Lantus TR, where a few more folks are posting and gave the link to your Levemir post.

I also answered on your Levmir post, this same response.
 
Just keep feeding that cat with anything higher carb that he will eat... food, pancake syrup, honey, whatever.

I am looking at your spreadsheet and really wondering what I am reading.... you gave 20 units by mistake a few days ago? its a wonder that cat is alive.
 
Thanks guys he is up to 103 now and I'll continue to test him till I get three rising numbers. Yes, you read correct I gave him 20U on accident and didn't even realize what I had done till the next morning. I was using the levemir flex pen needles till I read that they are not trustworthy and you should use syringes. I have never used a syringe in my life and my mom was helping me, she is in the medical field so I trussed her to let me know if i was doing everything correctly. Well when I drew the insulin out she and I both thought it looked like a lot but we didn't give much thought and gave it to him. The next morning when I tested him he was soooo low and I called her ASAP and we figured it out. Needless to say I triple check his dosage every time now and I thank my lucky stars he's alive. I would have never forgiven myself had something happened over such a preventable error. So that is why I am freaking out about him being low today, I don't want anything to happen to him over my mistake ever again.

Thank you guys for all your help, I don't know where I would be or what I would do if it wasn't for FDMB
 
Thank you for the quick responses everyone!

So say his BG keeps rising for the next couple hours, should I give him his next dose of insulin? Also should I reduce it?
 
Please remove the 911 icon from your first post now that the cat is safe.

Secondly, I would have liked to see you do a test in the middle of the night last night since he went so low during the day.

Today's higher numbers are a result of a bounce caused by the BG getting so low. A bounce is when the liver releases glucose in order to "rescue" a cat whose BG is perceived by the body to be too low. Over time, the liver gets retrained to understand that low is not always bad.
 
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