He's back on TOP of the bed now, purring his head off.
You did an awesome job today Patty!
The first "low numbers" event is always the scariest. Keep track of what food you gave, when, and how much. That data will help you the next time you see a low number. Note that I didn't call it a hypo. It's a hypo if he shows hypo symptoms. Otherwise it's just low numbers. Cats not on insulin can register in the 40's, we just don't want cats on insulin to go that low.
A couple things I'd like to recap. First, his new dose should be 5.0 units. Over 5 units, we make changes by 0.5 units at a time, unless we are just tweaking the dose. Since you saw a number in the 30's, a 0.5 units dose is warranted. You may find later that 0.25 unit changes work for Tucker at this size dose, but safety first. Take the 0.5 unit decrease. See how he handles it. You are dealing with a larger depot too, though the skip should help. You can always go up to 5.25 units later if you need to.
If you stall too long, the numbers can drop due to lack of food. That could be what you saw this morning. After a while of stalling, it's best just to skip and go on with your day. But don't feed a lot of food at once. Smaller meals are best. If he keeps dropping, you want to have him a bit hungry so he'll keep eating.
Print off the Sticky Note on Handling Low Numbers. What would happen if the power went out? Or the board went down. Yup, been there, done that. You might also want to read a few posts of people who are also handling low numbers - see how they handled things. I did a lot of that before I first saw a low number with Neko. Which was lucky, cause the board was quiet and I had no help the first time.
Neko was also a later nadir cat. Once saw it as late as +13 on Lantus, +15 on Levemir. Takes a bit of getting used to. And getting used to shooting low numbers. Thankfully it also meant I was home around her nadir cause it was often at shot time.
