ericbakes
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Melville has been trending a bit high lately. He's on his fourth cycle of 1.5 units (up from 1.25):
-6 230
-2 211 (fed 20g)
+0 353 (fed 20g, 1.5 units)
+4 345
+5 350
I know we didn't have a fur shot today, but Melville did a fair bit of flinching this morning. I wonder if we may have gotten into the muscle(my understanding is that the insulin is much less effective if injected into the muscle). (Edit: this may be misinformation. I cannot find the source of this claim.)
I'm not really comfortable with these higher numbers. His litterbox output has increased slightly (nowhere near the "four scoops" a couple weeks ago, but it's on the border of tipping over to 2.5 scoops). Other than that, he seems to be doing well. I am thinking about two options:
What do you guys think?
(P.S., Melville has an appointment Saturday morning, so I want him to be in tip-top condition! With all the fiddling around I've done, the vet would be right to fuss at me for not keeping him in the loop -- which I rightfully deserve. Poor communication always comes back to bite me in the end...)
-6 230
-2 211 (fed 20g)
+0 353 (fed 20g, 1.5 units)
+4 345
+5 350
I know we didn't have a fur shot today, but Melville did a fair bit of flinching this morning. I wonder if we may have gotten into the muscle
I'm not really comfortable with these higher numbers. His litterbox output has increased slightly (nowhere near the "four scoops" a couple weeks ago, but it's on the border of tipping over to 2.5 scoops). Other than that, he seems to be doing well. I am thinking about two options:
- increasing dose to the original 2.0 prescribed by my vet, or
- progressively shooting earlier, starting at +11.5 tonight
What do you guys think?
(P.S., Melville has an appointment Saturday morning, so I want him to be in tip-top condition! With all the fiddling around I've done, the vet would be right to fuss at me for not keeping him in the loop -- which I rightfully deserve. Poor communication always comes back to bite me in the end...)