Kitty (tid) and Sally (dog)...IT happened! 1/30.....

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Good Morning!

Well, it finally happened! I woke up last night and went downstairs to give Kitty her insulin at 2 am. I opened the fridge door and grabbed the insulin.....SALLY's insulin (N) :o !!!!! I had the needle in the vial preparing to pull the dose when I realized something wasn't right--so I stopped and got the Prozinc! (This gets better, but for the record...Kitty's pmps was 271--after going 10 hours on the mid cycle). So, I went back to bed, and got up early this morning to give Sally her insulin. Back to the fridge I went, grabbed the N insulin (still in the box) and started filling her syringe......but, something didn't look right. Yikes!... The vial of Heparin had mistakenly been placed in the N box! So, Kitty almost got 3.2 units of Heparin last night!

As the saga continues, Sally was 351 this morning....but, I have no idea if she got insulin or Heparin last night at her pm shot!!! The N was on the kitchen table and the Heparin was in the fridge! The good news is, if Sally did get extra Heparin last night....no big deal! But, Thankfully Kitty didn't get any!

Since Kitty had a long mid cycle yesterday, her AM shot is due at 10 am---so, she is at work laying under my desk, waiting to be tested! I will post her AM numbers later!

I knew it would happen! It was just a matter of time. I will be so glad when Sally gets off of all these meds and I can just concentrate on keeping the insulins separate.

Oh well, at least we survived the night and weekend!

Wishing everyone a Great Day.....
 
At least you caught it! I'm pretty sure I gave Cass my levemir once or twice; and I've caught myself ready to shoot myself with Prozinc. It's very easy to do, especially when it's in the wee hours of the morning. Decent numbers, especially is Sally didn't get insulin last night.

Hang in there!
 
God love you folks with more than one bottle of insulin/meds in the fridge. I am scared I am gonna make a mistake early in the morning, and what we do shouldn’t be confusing!
 
Certainly is an added complication. I wondered about putting a large piece of duct tape on one bottle. You might feel it in the middle of the night?
 
Yikes, I can totally see myself doing that. I was thinking the same as Sue & Teresa, tape the whole bottle with different colors of duct tape!?
 
Just in case you aren't wanting to cover the information on the bottle, do they make transparent colored sticky dots/labels (in all sorts of colors).
 
Gosh! So glad you caught that in time. I really don't know how you do it! I have a hard time remembering to put the ProZinc back in the fridge after I use it, much less keeping track of what vial is for what animal!
Hats off to you.
 
You know what the funniest thing about this thread is?

The fact that I fed and gave Jax his shot and immediately logged on to catch up on everyones threads...I saw my earlier reply in this thread, which just now reminded me to put the Prozinc back in the fridge!!!
 
The N was on the kitchen table and the Heparin was in the fridge!
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That didn't mess up the N, did it? I'd be tempted to get one of those small "dorm-fridges" and put one insulin in there just so you can shoot in your sleep without thinking about it. All you'd have to remember is which insulin was in which fridge!

The fact that I fed and gave Jax his shot and immediately logged on to catch up on everyones threads...I saw my earlier reply in this thread, which just now reminded me to put the Prozinc back in the fridge!!!
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That is funny!

You guys crack me up! :lol:
Carl
 
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