cashewsmomma
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Hi again everyone,
Yesterday, Cashew showed a strangely low number of 5.7mmol/L before his PM shot. I was so stunned, I kept checking my fingers to see if I had poked myself instead and did not give him his PM shot of 3 u. I fed him (a bit more than I usually feed him) and waited an hour and checked again and he was 18.1 and 18.3 another two hours later.
Since his morning shot was 18.4- I am not sure how he could have dropped so quickly. I was freaking out incase I did not feed him as much (it is brutal on weekend mornings sometimes) or perhaps gave him a higher dose? I was alert enough to make my usual notes and his tupper ware was full which means I must have opened a new can so am really confused (and scared that I could have been so careless).
I was scheduled to a blood curve yesterday but had slept in from pure exhaustion... So unfortunately, I had missed his nadir which is between 5-7 hours. I am doing his curve today and he started at 19.4 mmol/L at 0600 and 19.1 mmol/L at 0900 so I guess he is back to normal...
Cashew normally sleeps most of the morning under this bed and comes out late afternoon so the fact that he was missing didn't really worry anyone. When I did see him (later afternoon) he was completely fine, (not confused, glassy eyed or wobbly)...
Can anyone provide me with some insight here? Has this ever happened to you? I know 5.7 is a beautiful number and I could not believe my eyes but now that he is back to 18-19 range- a) is it possible for him to rise so quickly in an hour? and b) do you think he might be inching towards remission in an odd way? I find each time we increase his dose, he is up there for a good 5 days then he settles and we increase again.
Sorry about the long message! I hope it all made sense...please send me your thoughts.
thx
nida
Yesterday, Cashew showed a strangely low number of 5.7mmol/L before his PM shot. I was so stunned, I kept checking my fingers to see if I had poked myself instead and did not give him his PM shot of 3 u. I fed him (a bit more than I usually feed him) and waited an hour and checked again and he was 18.1 and 18.3 another two hours later.
Since his morning shot was 18.4- I am not sure how he could have dropped so quickly. I was freaking out incase I did not feed him as much (it is brutal on weekend mornings sometimes) or perhaps gave him a higher dose? I was alert enough to make my usual notes and his tupper ware was full which means I must have opened a new can so am really confused (and scared that I could have been so careless).
I was scheduled to a blood curve yesterday but had slept in from pure exhaustion... So unfortunately, I had missed his nadir which is between 5-7 hours. I am doing his curve today and he started at 19.4 mmol/L at 0600 and 19.1 mmol/L at 0900 so I guess he is back to normal...
Cashew normally sleeps most of the morning under this bed and comes out late afternoon so the fact that he was missing didn't really worry anyone. When I did see him (later afternoon) he was completely fine, (not confused, glassy eyed or wobbly)...
Can anyone provide me with some insight here? Has this ever happened to you? I know 5.7 is a beautiful number and I could not believe my eyes but now that he is back to 18-19 range- a) is it possible for him to rise so quickly in an hour? and b) do you think he might be inching towards remission in an odd way? I find each time we increase his dose, he is up there for a good 5 days then he settles and we increase again.
Sorry about the long message! I hope it all made sense...please send me your thoughts.
thx
nida
