Kitties Momma
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Hello all
Julius seems to be doing quite well, however his #'s are all over and I was hoping for some general feedback. I have not had time to figure out the template so bear with me: here is just the last few days
3/6
7:38am 165 gave .5u lantus
7:13pm 218 gave 1u
3/7
7:38am 215 gave 1u
7:31pm 264 gave 1u
3/8
7:23 64
gave no insulin
my vet said that if he is over 200 give him 1u and if he is between 150 and 200 give.5 if he is under 150 no insulin. We have only been on insulin about a month now. Considering he got 2u total yesterday I am not totally surprised his #'s were so low.... he has not been over 300 in a while. He seems to bounce between 160's to 260's. At this stage is that normal? Do you give your shots based on the glucose reading and not just an arbitrary schedule? up until Saturday we were doing 1u in the AM and .5u in the PM. But on Friday morning he was 100 and I didn't think it was a good idea to give him his shot, so I called the vet and the concurred. I have been testing him before he eats, however I started testing after because for his PM shot I was testing at 4:30pm and he was getting his shot at 7:30pm. The vet asked me to test closer to his shot, so for consistency I feed him, test him then give his shot based on his results and in the PM do the same thing.... what do you think?
Julius seems to be doing quite well, however his #'s are all over and I was hoping for some general feedback. I have not had time to figure out the template so bear with me: here is just the last few days
3/6
7:38am 165 gave .5u lantus
7:13pm 218 gave 1u
3/7
7:38am 215 gave 1u
7:31pm 264 gave 1u
3/8
7:23 64
gave no insulin
my vet said that if he is over 200 give him 1u and if he is between 150 and 200 give.5 if he is under 150 no insulin. We have only been on insulin about a month now. Considering he got 2u total yesterday I am not totally surprised his #'s were so low.... he has not been over 300 in a while. He seems to bounce between 160's to 260's. At this stage is that normal? Do you give your shots based on the glucose reading and not just an arbitrary schedule? up until Saturday we were doing 1u in the AM and .5u in the PM. But on Friday morning he was 100 and I didn't think it was a good idea to give him his shot, so I called the vet and the concurred. I have been testing him before he eats, however I started testing after because for his PM shot I was testing at 4:30pm and he was getting his shot at 7:30pm. The vet asked me to test closer to his shot, so for consistency I feed him, test him then give his shot based on his results and in the PM do the same thing.... what do you think?