Not shooting under 200?

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RobbiesMom

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After a day of as much testing as I could get in Robbie seems kind of tired and his breathing isn't good today. Normally I would give him a hit of albuterol but since it is an inhaled steriod and we are just beginning our new fight with diabetes I ma hesitant - he's not really labored but I can see he's getting the "congestion" sound he gets when things aren't great. He's also showed no interest in playing with the dog which is almost always a morning routine.
I realize the 3-4u's I've been giving him goes against most of the input I've gotten here but I am hoping that I'll still get feed back and advice as it is all being used along with my Vets input and my gut feeling to help me down this complicated path with my furboy.
Last night after a day spent mostly in the BLUE he was 369 around shot time (I was about an hour and 15 minutes late getting home) and I gave him 4'us again at +2 he was 320 and I went to sleep. At +7 he was 120 and he ate some, at +9 he was 139 and ate almost a full can, at +11 171 and at what should be shot time he was 179. He is sleeping (not unusual he does need to get in those required 18 hours LOL) but seems a bit more off today than yesterday - or maybe it was just that I was waking him every hour for a test and a piece of chicken and he now he's tired?
I am not giving him insulin and would love to hear any thoughts on where we are - I will cross post this in the PZI forum where I got some very good and insightful advice yesterday.
As always thank you so much for taking your time and giving of your experience.
 
Ellen,
I replied to your thread in PZI. How's he doing?

Carl
 
The not shooting under 200 to me is for two situations (1) not enough data is gathered (2) the kitty is new to the insulin dose and/or still unsure and possibly too high. I personally shoot under 200 without much problem most of the time because I know exactly what she is going to do.

Looking at your spreadsheet I think both situations for not shooting under 200 apply to you and your kitty, you don't have a lot of data there to predict what is going to happen and because the starting dose is extremely high, you have the possibility of the dose being too high and you don't want to shoot a lower number in that case.

Once you've gathered more data and know if this dose is right and know what kind of reaction your kitty usually has, you may be able to start shooting numbers under 200.
 
Deanie
sorry using the wrong info - just too much going on - I do give him his albuterol but we also have an inhaled steroid flovent which I am holding off - SORRY - I've got so much medical junk running in my head with my dad in the hospital and Robbie I'm not thinking as I type as clearly.
Thank you .
 
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