? Prozinc dosage and glucose after hypo episode on Saturday night

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I think it is likely to be a bounce or a little too little insulin last night. My thinking is that .5 on a 218 gave you a 54. As your pmps wasn't a whole lot lower than that, lowering the dose either brought him back down to a low number overnight. Or the dose was a little too low last night and it wore off before this morning. Unfortunately, we can only guess.

Have you already given 0.2 this morning? If so, I would go ahead and see what happens. My guess is that it is not quite enough, but let's see. He certainly has surprised me before.

I know this is frustrating but it is all about the data. You look back and see what dose did what and base your new doses on that info. Collecting numbers and analyzing them gives us information on which to base future dosing.

Night is a particular puzzle for everyone. Sometimes more activity or less activity or more food vs less food at night impacts the numbers. Until you see a pattern of day vs night, it is hard to speculate what the difference might be.
 
Nope, haven't given him anything yet, so I will give him 0.2. Thanks for the info. Really appreciate all the time you've put into answering all my questions. Thank you, master. :cat:
 
No, master. Just guesser here. Will you be around today? If so, you might give a smidge more than 0.2 as he is over the 200s today. But up to you. Just keep muttering "data collection, data collection......"
 
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No, master. Just guesser here. Will you be around today? If so, you might give a smidge more than 0.2 as he is over the 200s today. But up to you. Just keep muttering "data collection, data collection......"
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After giving his shot this morning, I kind of wonder if it was me the goofed his shot last night. These u100 syringes have a short needle and I wonder if it was a fur shot.
 
That could have made his number higher this am. The short needles can be hard to get used to. In your spare time :p you can use an old one to shoot an orange and practice.
 
I know it's Friday night and I'm at home worrying about my NP glucose level. What does that say about me? Boring? A animal lover? I'm not sure. :confused:

NP was at 91 for his PMPS. Do I need to bring him up or skip tonight?

Thanks,
Terri
 
It says you are a good momma. :bighug: I would definitely skip. He may be higher tomorrow morning. It looks like your 0.2 was more than enough for a black, so tomorrow, I'd try 0.2 minus a drop or two, if he is high enough.

Just for reference With a beginning diabetic, without any data to look back on, we suggest not shooting under 200. Once you have data and some idea of what might happen with a given dose for a given number, you might shoot at 180 or even 150 - as long as you can monitor and measure a tiny dose.

But I would not shoot under 150. If you aren't already, you might split the food into small meals. The thinking is that small, frequent meals support the pancreas.
 
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:
It says you are a good momma. :bighug: I would definitely skip. He may be higher tomorrow morning. It looks like your 0.2 was more than enough for a black, so tomorrow, I'd try 0.2 minus a drop or two, if he is high enough.

Just for reference With a beginning diabetic, without any data to look back on, we suggest not shooting under 200. Once you have data and some idea of what might happen with a given dose for a given number, you might shoot at 180 or even 150 - as long as you can monitor and measure a tiny dose.

But I would not shoot under 150. If you aren't already, you might split the food into small meals. The thinking is that small, frequent meals support the pancreas.
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Thanks. That's what I thought you might say - to skip tonight. I have been feeding him 3 or 4 smaller meals a day lately. I'm crossing my fingers that sometime he will able to get his numbers low enough to not need shots. Wouldn't that be nice?

Night All.
 
Hmm. It is still too low, I think. 150/180 is about my lowest shootable range. I was hoping you might be able to give NP a drop, but it doesn't look like a good idea. I'd skip.

BTW, he is looking good!
 
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