New Bewildered Member (Merlin) continued more

[Suzanne & Darcy]

Good! What a roller coaster.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Heading in the right direction

 

[Merlin’sMama]

We’re setting timer for 20 again, right?

 

[Merlin’sMama]

More honey or not yet?

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

Keep scanning at regular intervals.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Have you tried feeding some ordinary low carb food?
I would try that with a bit of honey in that and see if he’ll eat that.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

We’re setting timer for 20 again, right?

20-30 is good. Wait on the sweets.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

Well, okay. Maybe he will eat again? We can hope.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Keep scanning at regular intervals.

10 minutes, or 20? I dread the numbers now. But I still hope. Each number takes my emotions along with it. But we are keeping steady here. Just really exhausted.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

I keep hoping to see him stay up on his own.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

10 minutes, or 20? I dread the numbers now. But I still hope. Each number takes my emotions along with it. But we are keeping steady here. Just really exhausted.

Well, you can scan as much as you like, but you may be tormenting yourself. Do you want to try and see if he will eat LC food again - the Ff that he likes? With a little honey? Then do 20?

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

• If you can get him to eat even a small amount of some low carb food, that will help him stay steady as it lasts longer and the honey lasts less time…..if that makes sense. If you are not going to give any honey, I would test in 20 not 30 because if he is going to drop again we need to catch it sooner rather than later.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

It’s 9 minutes til the 20 minutes after the last reading. After that, we can try to feed him ff. We can add honey, or I can shoot it down him again. He does hate that. But maybe more chance of him eating food without honey? Not sure at this point.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

It’s 9 minutes til the 20 minutes after the last reading. After that, we can try to feed him ff. We can add honey, or I can shoot it down him again. He does hate that. But maybe more chance of him eating food without honey? Not sure at this point.

We can wait 9 minutes

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

It’s 9 minutes til the 20 minutes after the last reading. After that, we can try to feed him ff. We can add honey, or I can shoot it down him again. He does hate that. But maybe more chance of him eating food without honey? Not sure at this point.

Ok let’s wait and see what the next BG is

Will he let you just rub some honey on his gums if we need more honey? I used to just rub it on the gums

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Ok let’s wait and see what the next BG is

Will he let you just rub some honey on his gums if we need more honey? I used to just rub it on the gums

Yes, that would be way easier. It is less that way, though.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

He is such a good boy through all of this. Very compliant. We love him so much.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Yes, that would be way easier. It is less that way, though.

Just repeat and rub more on.
He has been a wonderful pussy cat through all this.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

BG 8.3 …up from 7.8!

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Shall I feed him ff now and hold off on the honey? Or rub honey too

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Shall I feed him ff now and hold off on the honey? Or rub honey too

Woo hooo! Well done Team Merlin…way to go!
I think maybe try the low carb and withhold the honey and test in 20
What do you think Suzanne?

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

BG 8.3 …up from 7.8!

Woo hooo! Well done Team Merlin…way to go!
I think maybe try the low carb and withhold the honey and test in 20
What do you think Suzanne?

yes. Let’s see what he can do on Lc alone!

 

[Merlin’sMama]

OK! The ff we have that he likes is 13 percent carbs. Should we go for that, or a lower one he likes less?

 

[Merlin’sMama]

He hasn’t had the LC pate for a while. He might be into that.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

OK! The ff we have that he likes is 13 percent carbs. Should we go for that, or a lower one he likes less?

Do you have one that is 10% or under you could try. If he won’t eat that, then give him the 13%

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Wake up and eat now, Merlin!

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Ok. He ate pretty well. First some lower then some higher. We set a timer for 20

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Ok. He ate pretty well. First some lower then some higher. We set a timer for 20

I would test 20 minutes after the last test. We want to him early if he is going to drop lower again. If you leave it 20 mins from now, that will be 40 minutes after the last test.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

20 minutes from now? Or is the time almost up?

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

It’s already been almost 30 since the last test, I think

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

I

20 minutes from now? Or is the time almost up?

I think 20 minutes from the last test which must be almost up.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Ok testing now. He recently finished eating though.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

It’s already been almost 30 since the last test, I think

I would test now then because we will get an idea if he is holding his own. And then again in 20/30 mins depending on the result

 

[Merlin’sMama]

11.3!!!!!!

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Setting timer for 20

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

This is so great! I think it’s finally happening!!

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

11.3!!!!!!

Ok. Looks like the insulin might be starting to finally wear off.
I think test in 30 and if it’s still up we can wait an hour without more food and see how it’s going .
what do you think Suzanne.??

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

Ok. Looks like the insulin might be starting to finally wear off.
I think test in 30 and if it’s still up we can wait an hour without more food and see how it’s going .
what do you think Suzanne.??

Exactly! Definitely high enough to wait 30 and if he’s still up then an hour. And hopefully you will be in the clear then!

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

Remember how many hours ago you asked if you would have to stay up all night. And we said…. No… surely the insulin would be worn off by then!

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Exactly! Definitely high enough to wait 30 and if he’s still up then an hour. And hopefully you will be in the clear then!

We will need to wait 2 hours without any higher carb food or honey etc before we can say he is holding his own without food support though

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Remember how many hours ago you asked if you would have to stay up all night. And we said…. No… surely the insulin would be worn off by then!

I think I recall that conversation. Wasn’t that yesterday?

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

I think I recall that conversation. Wasn’t that yesterday?

Yes. Yesterday!

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

We will need to wait 2 hours without any higher carb food or honey etc before we can say he is holding his own without food support though

Yes. So mark down the time that he finished eating so you will know when it has been two hours with no food. I think he finished eating about ten to fifteen minutes ago.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

We will need to wait 2 hours without any higher carb food or honey etc before we can say he is holding his own without food support though

We can hold out two more hours for sure. Now deciding whether or not to drink morning coffee. Dear husband is up now

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Remember how many hours ago you asked if you would have to stay up all night. And we said…. No… surely the insulin would be worn off by then!

ECID so it’s hard to predict how long it will take and I’ve had some really long nights with cats that have been given too much insulin.
But I am wondering if the vet possibly gave more than the 3.75 units of Lantus because this had been a long time for that amount of insulin to wear off..Maybe she misjudged the dose in the original syringe or maybe the syringe was not the equivocal a U40 syringe…….just wondering this…….

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

We can hold out two more hours for sure. Now deciding whether or not to drink morning coffee. Dear husband is up now

Yes, have a nice big mug of it to reward yourself. You deserve it!

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

ECID so it’s hard to predict how long it will take and I’ve had some really long nights with cats that have been given too much insulin.
But I am wondering if the vet possible gave more than the 3.75 units of Lantus because this had been a long time for that amount of insulin to wear off..Maybe she misjudged the dose in the original syringe or maybe the syringe was not the equivocal a U40 syringe…….just wondering this…….

Yes. It seems pretty incredible to me that it’s gone on this long.

 

[Merlin’sMama]

Yes. So mark down the time that he finished eating so you will know when it has been two hours with no food. I think he finished eating about ten to fifteen minutes ago.

OK. We think he finished about 5:10 or so. Could have been 5. It’s getting a little surreal around here. So, we have a timer going now that will go off in 15 minutes for testing. Then we set again for 30?

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

OK. We think he finished about 5:10 or so. Could have been 5. It’s getting a little surreal around here. So, we have a timer going now that will go off in 15 minutes for testing. Then we set again for 30?

Correct

 

[Merlin’sMama]

ECID so it’s hard to predict how long it will take and I’ve had some really long nights with cats that have been given too much insulin.
But I am wondering if the vet possibly gave more than the 3.75 units of Lantus because this had been a long time for that amount of insulin to wear off..Maybe she misjudged the dose in the original syringe or maybe the syringe was not the equivocal a U40 syringe…….just wondering this…….

It does my head in to try to figure out what happened. She definitely dosed him based on his weight, plus she used a U40 syringe. She told us to dose him 1.5 units on the U40.