Rainbow & Little Girl - Prozinc +3@7:45am 44bg @ 10am

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Ok, lets see if I got this signature right with spreadsheet link.

I tried to give her a piece of dry, but she's not interested. I do have plenty of strips, but looks like my battery in meter is low. Dang it! I'm the only one here, so I'm not to sure about leaving her just yet. Maybe I'll try and see if she'll eat a little of Rex's canned. She'll still some of his in the morning when she can.....
 
If she is still in the 50's, you should be safe to run out for 10 minutes for batteries. Or do you have something else in the house that uses the same kind? It is imperative that you have a functioning meter.
 
Try removing the bracket after the first url, I copied yours, removed the bracket so it starts Little Girl's Spreadsheet
 
There we go! Put the important eye-catching stuff in the subject line and you attract those who can help the most. I sure don't know your insulin, so it's a good thing Sue and some others will help you.

Yes, being low so early in the cycle, you have a bit of a ways to go till you have passed the lowest for this cycle. You see on the last few days, her low is around +6 or so, so for sure go easy on the foods ... just small tsp of HC or other with some karo drops mixed in. The karo will work faster and then when it wears off in an hour, the food should kick in to keep her up a bit. Don't bother with giving her dry food because all it does it take too long to bring numbers up and stick around too long so she is stuck in those high numbers. Better to go with LC or even HC with drops of karo.

Be prepared for her to bounce high by ps, she's sure bouncing alot. Just wondering how you got to such a high dose and because she may be needing less than what you are giving her now.

Your spreadsheet is a perfect picture why people test through the cycles - if you look at 9/3, you would say oh she too high, needs more insulin. but then you look at 9/4 and yesterday and you see whoa she is getting plenty, maybe plenty too much!

Just my observations, not suggesting anything.

So keep testing every 30min till she gets up to a safe level and stays there. Don't let your guard down if you see a nicer number because that may be just the karo you are seeing and she could dip down a bit again as there's still all the insulin in her yet to get working. Testing is very important right now.

And listen to Sue and the prozinc insulin guys; they deal with it all the time so know what you need to do.
 
Hypos are fun aren't they :roll:
First of all, batteries-are they common batteries (AA, AAA)? If so try scavaging some from other things around the house. I had a dead battery in my meter for my hypo and ended up finding some in a remote control.

For food. if you can't get her to eat high carb stuff, maybe try low carb with a bit of syrup mixed in? I ended up going to turkey meat the other night.

Just keep testing
 
+3 now at 45 bgs However, she is most contented at the moment as she got some of Rex's food straight from the can! LOL
Washing her face as we speak. I mixed a little more Karo with the food. and she had a good 4 teaspoons of it. She would have eaten more, but didn't want to over do it.
 
Your feeding method sounds perfect. Remember to breathe too. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Hypos happen here every day, and syrup and small amounts of food work wonders. It will just mean a long morning for you - puts the labor in Labor Day!
 
Now make sure you tell her in no uncertain terms that she must NOT get used to all this special treatment and tasty foods. Sometimes I think mine go low just to get the gravy foods! I'll just bet she is sitting back all happy and preening.

I have a few meters; it's a good idea to have a spare or backup and strips too. Too many times, when you need something is the time you don't have it!

Keep testing and posting and go easy on the quantity of foods; you don't want her low but then too stuffed to eat anything.
 
Looks like I got the spreadsheet right this time. You'll see I did modify it a bit as i personally need to see the actual times to get it in my head. Hope it doesn't confuse. Thanks all!! She's been diabetic for over 5 yrs and we've NEVER had anything like this going on. Reason for the higher dose was that she had been on 2.75u of the vetzulin and results of tests from her hospital stay suggested she was being underdosed. We were just about to start the new one when she went into the hospital and started her on the Prozinc there. By Weds when she was released she was starting PS at about 350 and peaking at about 225, so we stayed with the 4u. However, as you see with the #s I don't think this is the one for her at all! Off to test her again.
 
Just because we always forget to mention it in the middle of things. (But maybe you know if you have been dealing with diabetes for 5 years!) You can expect a high number tomorrow with all the syrup and high carb foods. It doesn't mean she is high again. Go with a very reduced dose.
 
Stress at the vet can give her much higher bg's than she will have at home where she's relaxed and comfortable so the dose at the vet clinic might have been too high for her at home.

Harley is getting really good results from Prozinc. It took us a little while to figure it all out but now that we have (sort of) he has settled in nicely.
 
11:30 47bgs a little more food and a little more syrup mixed in. Little stinker jumped up on the table to see if there was more!! She's acting fine, but I know from all the info I've absorbed the last couple of days that could change fast. Of course I have a meter that has those flat batteries. Once I check her at noon, I'll go get some. thanks everyone! More later.
 
Jumped up for more of the tasty stuff, did she? But of course! Cats are smart so they go where they know the good stuff is found!

You can see how her numbers are taking their sweet time about rising, but she will soon enough.

Now's a good time to start thinking about what dose you need now; Sue and the others will be able to give you some guidelines there.
 
my apologies for going off the grid for a while. All seems well at this time and I think we are out of the woods for now. Have new batteries for the meter and have updated the spread sheet. Last reading 366. Now the ? remains what to do for tonite's shot. I'm thinking play it safe and give her 2u. Will contact the vet in the morning and see what he thinks as to keeping her on the prozinc for a bit with the changes or try something else.
 
Still catching up on all the posts. I remain overwhelmed by all the responses and am very appreciative of your concerns. Carolyn and Jennifer thank you for your offers. Carolyn, your in the northwest hills? so am I, in New Hartford, CT. Going back to catch up on all the information and get that food list out of what u all have found successful. Thanks again.
 
How much syrup did you end up giving her? If she had higher carb food and syrup for 3 hours or so, that will still influence her numbers. If I were you, I would play it very safe and give only one unit. Lots of times, coming off a hypo, a kitty is very sensitive to insulin. Better too high for a cycle than back in the 40s?
 
Sue-I would say I prob ended up giving her 1/2 tsp in total of the syrup and 4 or 5 tsp of the food (counting what she stole off the table) I haven't given her anything else since
 
You scared me when you dissappeared.

It isn't uncommon to skip the next shot after a hypo or give a very reduced dose as they are very sensitive to it after. The high numbers you are seeing now are sugar & HC spikes so tonight you wouldn't be shooting a true number. The fear is that the spike will wear off and she will have too much insulin on board again.

Better too high for a day than too low for a minute.
 
Well Hi! I'm in Goshen... so definitely not far away. :) Are you closer to Torrington or Winsted? If you ever need help, send me a PM, ok?

As the others have said, the higher number tonight is definitely not unexpected. I have not used ProZinc (I used PZI for years with my acrocat, but his dosing wasn't something you'll have to deal with so won't scare you with that), but will agree that a dose reduction is in order. Those with experience with this insulin can give you some opinions on what they'd do if this was their kitty.

You did really well today... (((((hugs))))) and treat yourself to a treat. You deserve it!
 
Wow, great job getting through a scary day, yikes!

Personally I would stick with PZI - she is responding well :shock: and it's just a matter of figuring out a dose that keeps her in steadier #s. Switching insulins is sort-of a do-over, and you may or may not get steadier results. Nothing wrong with switching to Lantus or Levemir if you want to do that, but I think you are also fine to stay with PZI. I suspect you may be seeing variation based on her eating dry food - if she skips a snack one day vs. another, her BG#s could be radically different in response. That's what I found so tough with Bix on dry food since I let him free-feed - it was just too hard to know if he would be low or high on any given day. If his stomach was a little off - look out!

Did you already test & shoot for the evening shot? Your idea of 2u tonight sounds reasonable to me (but then so did shooting 3.5 today, so what do I know? :lol: ).
 
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