I thought Food effected and made her results higher, this is why I am taking her food away for 2 hours before testing during the day? and this still confuses me, I thought food would RAISE her test numbers, not decrease them as if they go into hypoglycemia the first direction is to food them high carb food.
Yes, food usually raises BG. My point was that you should not change her feeding schedule on a day that you are doing a curve. You want things to be as normal as possible when you do a curve so that you are getting get results as they would normally occur. Normally (and on curve days) food should be withheld for two hours prior to the pre-insulin-shot test. The point of that is so that the results will not be food-impacted (inflated) so that you will know it is safe to give the planned insulin dose. Other than that, you can continue with your normal feeding on curve days. If what you described is your normal feeding schedule, then okay, but it sounded like you were handling it different for your curve.
I took "bouncing can happen when the BG drops too fast and/or too low." as the test results numbers dropping too fast, which I thought was the problem on 6/20 and the 46 test result. I did not take it as being the HIGH test number result. So this whole giving her too much Insulin is not causing hypoglycemia (low numbers) but causing high numbers was confusing.
Going too low is what triggers the bounce, like the 46 you got on 6/20. It's like a rubber ball hitting the ground - it then bounces UP. So, when they have gone too low or lower than they are used to, they then go up. Once they do that, they tend to stay pretty flat for a period of time. Mia was very bouncy for a long time, so I have seen this pattern myself. It can take a little while (even two or three cycles sometimes) for the bounce effects to clear and for you to then be able to see the impact of the dose. You normally do not want to make dosing decisions/changes before the bounce impact clears.
I look at Mia's spreadsheet and surprised at the amount of overnight tests you do on top of your daily tests and not sure how you do it. Between caring for my failing dependent on me 88 year old mother, working my business at home (web design/hosting), dealing with my own health issues, and trying to help my 23 year old daughter who lives 4 hours away, and now my Princess is all taking a toll on me.
I set an alarm to get up at midnight and feed my girls. I always test then, so that is why there is always a PM +6. Sometimes, that is the only overnight test I get, but a lot of the time, I will set an alarm for another time, too. Or, in some cases, I may not have set one but I woke up anyway so decided to do it. Mia has proven to be a difficult one, so I try to get quite a bit of data to help me manage things.
It sounds like you have a lot going on. You just have to do the best you can. Please do not take my comments about needing mid-cycle data as a 'judgement' against you or anything. It is just very hard to know what to do with the dosing without that info. You have to figure out what works for you to strike a balance where you can get the data you need but still manage everything else and not kill yourself. This does take a toll..not only the things you do for their care but even the concern/stress from worrying about them. We used to travel a few times a year, but I have not been able to go anywhere since Mia's diagnosis and have no idea when I ever will be able to again. I have also not had a solid nights sleep in almost a year now. And, every time things start looking really good with Mia's BG, things start looking wacko again. So, there is really never much rest for the weary.
Be sure to give yourself credit for the fact that you are testing and giving her appropriate food (and trying to get her on a longer-lasting insulin) and celebrate the little victories like being able to test in 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes.
