Help For Molly #8

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Her vomiting scared me. The lower dose so that why I thought the SO was the right thing to do. I tester her 30 min later to see where she was at. Then went back to bed. Will her numbers ever stay in blues and greens? Or just stay in yellows?
 
No harm done giving the higher carb and Molly is safe which is the main thing. Every cat is different. Some bounce more than others and while Molly doesn't bounce to the moon and back like Teasel does (he's a champ at bouncing!) she does bounce. With time if you can keep her in the blues and greens more the bouncing should ease off but it's early days yet. Molly quickly sped down on dose and it just didn't hold which is all too common. She will get back to the blues and greens but she has to recognize them as Ok numbers.

You also have to be prepared to not overreact to those low numbers as hard as that is to do. No need to go for the high carb unless Molly drops below 3mmol (2.8mmol to be exact) and even then there is a little cushion built into that reading. Having used the Freestyle meter myself, it tends to read low at lower BG so you probably have even more cushion than you might have with a different meter. That doesn't mean you ignore low readings but rather that panic is not needed when numbers are in the 3 mmol range and giving her LC instead of HC in that situation would be more likely to keep her surfing in healing numbers which will help her get used to the lower BG and help ease off some of the bouncing.
 
Just here to check in. Don't get discouraged by the ups and downs. It's all part of the process. Numbers permitting you might want to try 0.25 u this weekend to jump start her into lower BGs again.
 
Ok. If she finished eating 15 minutes ago or less, test her again now and see if her BG is up at all. If she finished eating more than 15 minutes ago, then give her the drop dose.
 
Well son of a gun! Those days on 0.10 u booted her up! A drop sounds good. Typical kitty: when you think they might need an increase they surprise you with a lower PS. :confused:
 
Kris & Teasel said:
Well son of a gun! Those days on 0.10 u booted her up! A drop sounds good. Typical kitty: when you think they might need an increase they surprise you with a lower PS. :confused:
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I gave her the drop, she went back to bed. But she looked depressed. She'll be ok til lunch time? I left food out for her but I doubt she'll eat it. She always waits til I'm home to eat her food.
 
She'll eat if she really needs it so don't worry. She is obviously bouncing more than we are seeing and that no doubt has her feeling a bit off. She'll be fine. She has to get reacquainted with the "good" range and that can take some time. Went through the same thing with my girl. When I expected her to be frisky, she seemed off but when her numbers went back up to what she was used too (too high but not horrible) she got very frisky. It's confounding but it's common.
 
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She'll eat if she really needs it so don't worry. She is obviously bouncing more than we are seeing and that no doubt has her feeling a bit off. She'll be fine. She has to get reacquainted with the "good" range and that can take some time. Went through the same thing with my girl. When I expected her to be frisky, she seemed off but when her numbers went back up to what she was used too (too high but not horrible) she got very frisky. It's confounding but it's common.
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For some reason my reply went on Molly #7.
I see your reply :)
 
When did she last move her bowels? Is this a problem she's had before? You could get some plain pumpkin and mix some into her food to help. Just make sure it's plain pumpkin and not the pie filling with additives. Other folks here use Miralax (not sure if that's what it's called here or in the US) but I'd start with the pumpkin.
 
Loving those blue cycles!
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You're moving in the right direction even if it doesn't feel that way - less yellow and more blue with the 0.10 u dose. :)
 
Ok she is bouncing today from those lows.......totally expected. She earned the reduction to a drop again last night so I'd stick to that since you can't test before +6 today.
 
Just a reminder, Adrienne: if Molly drops below 5 (90) that means a reduction in dose to whatever the previous lower dose was. Linda is using a general rule from the Lantus guidelines. We haven't bogged you down with that long list of rules. Just keep that 5 in your mind. :)
 
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Kris & Teasel said:
Just a reminder, Adrienne: if Molly drops below 5 (90) that means a reduction in dose to whatever the previous lower dose was. Linda is using a general rule from the Lantus guidelines. We haven't bogged you down with that long list of rules. Just keep that 5 in your mind. :)
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She went like this before. Then had to increase her insulin. When her BG went higher. Just don’t understand why she can’t stay consistent.
She didn’t eat much this morning.
 
Leave her some food to munch on. It's common to wobble up and down dose wise like this. She's still getting re-acquainted with those beautiful green readings. She'll get back there but it may take a couple of days for the bounce to clear. You can't force it. All you can do is follow her lead.
 
As long as her BG is around 5mmol or above, yes. She may be higher for up to 6 cycles because of the bounce but bounces just have to be allowed to clear on their own. If you dose higher during a bounce (reacting to the higher BGs immediately) and the bounce breaks suddenly, Molly could drop further than we want her to.
 
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