RobbiesMom
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Once again this forum has proven to be an amazing resource. As my dc Robbie and I begin the journey down this road again I am reminding myself of all the information available here and printed out all the helpful guidelines.
Last night at approx. 10:45pm Robbie's BG was 345, after some chicken to help get him to drink water it dropped down to 245 by 2:45am. At 7am this morning Robbie was again 245 and ate most of his breakfast. At 11:30 today Robbie's BG was read at the Vets and registered as 311. The Vet Tech administered 4U's of Prozinc. At 1:30 he was happy and playing with the dog and ate some more of his breakfast which he had not finished (unusual for him). At 5:30 he was crying for dinner and jumped right up on the feeding area and ate 1/2 his dinner (he doesn't always finish dinner until about 8pm and than often starts crying for more food at 10-11pm). We feed him chopped grill feast which we found as a low carb choice on the Janet and Binky site - we sometimes switch it up for one of the other ones on the list but after checking today I see this "flavor" is not on the new list. So I'll be looking into that now too - although it's still, according to the can, a low carb, lower calorie choice. He also gets metimucil in his food 2x a day for his constipation problems. At 7:30 pm I tested him at home and his BG was 213. He's sleeping (but not in his normal spots - in his "I don't feel well" spot which makes me uneasy). I gave him a bit of chicken after the test since he does hate the ear pricking so much.
My concern is that this "relapse" was caused by my foolish thought that after 19 months of being fine without insulin I could give Robbie a tablespoon full of a high calorie/carb food he LOVES in order to get him to ingest Cosquine for his arthritis. This went on for about a month (3.5 weeks) before I noticed he was drinking a lot more water and his pee clumbs in the LB were HUGE. I stopped immediately and hoped he'd bounce back, but he just kept slipping down until last night it was clear he was feeling pretty awful and I finally tested him.
According to the Vet he should be getting 4u's again at 11:30 - in order to start adjusting him to a 8am/8pm schedule I'm going to give it to him at 10pm. I am strongly feeling I could give him 2u's as I feel 4 is just a tad high but since he didn't drop too much from this morning I'm truly not sure. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Last night at approx. 10:45pm Robbie's BG was 345, after some chicken to help get him to drink water it dropped down to 245 by 2:45am. At 7am this morning Robbie was again 245 and ate most of his breakfast. At 11:30 today Robbie's BG was read at the Vets and registered as 311. The Vet Tech administered 4U's of Prozinc. At 1:30 he was happy and playing with the dog and ate some more of his breakfast which he had not finished (unusual for him). At 5:30 he was crying for dinner and jumped right up on the feeding area and ate 1/2 his dinner (he doesn't always finish dinner until about 8pm and than often starts crying for more food at 10-11pm). We feed him chopped grill feast which we found as a low carb choice on the Janet and Binky site - we sometimes switch it up for one of the other ones on the list but after checking today I see this "flavor" is not on the new list. So I'll be looking into that now too - although it's still, according to the can, a low carb, lower calorie choice. He also gets metimucil in his food 2x a day for his constipation problems. At 7:30 pm I tested him at home and his BG was 213. He's sleeping (but not in his normal spots - in his "I don't feel well" spot which makes me uneasy). I gave him a bit of chicken after the test since he does hate the ear pricking so much.
My concern is that this "relapse" was caused by my foolish thought that after 19 months of being fine without insulin I could give Robbie a tablespoon full of a high calorie/carb food he LOVES in order to get him to ingest Cosquine for his arthritis. This went on for about a month (3.5 weeks) before I noticed he was drinking a lot more water and his pee clumbs in the LB were HUGE. I stopped immediately and hoped he'd bounce back, but he just kept slipping down until last night it was clear he was feeling pretty awful and I finally tested him.
According to the Vet he should be getting 4u's again at 11:30 - in order to start adjusting him to a 8am/8pm schedule I'm going to give it to him at 10pm. I am strongly feeling I could give him 2u's as I feel 4 is just a tad high but since he didn't drop too much from this morning I'm truly not sure. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
