SaraMV
Active Member
Taz was diagnosed on Sunday, and has been in the ER clinic since Monday, with Pancreatitis. They say he is doing well and that hopefully he'll be able to come home today. They have been monitoring his blood sugar and are trying to find the magic number of units to give (Lantus), but they've also been keeping him a little sedated to help him not be so scared in there.
Once he comes home, I have to go off of blind faith and a prayer. The ER isn't allowing people into the office to talk one on one, due to covid and their covid protocols right now. So our discussions are via phone and the office is so short staffed that the calls are cut too short to answer all of my questions. I won't be able to get into our regular vet until next week (hopefully). I have a few questions but I can't seem to find the answers anywhere.
From what I've found, I need to do a curve. With lantus, would it be a 12 hour curve or a 24 hour curve? My Alphatrak2 arrives tomorrow.
I've also been told that I need to take a pre shot reading. Taz will be fed twice a day. How soon before eating should this reading be done?
What is the time frame after eating, that insulin should be given? Immediately? Within 30-60 minutes?
How do I know the number range where a full insulin dose should be given, versus a smaller dose (or no dose at all)? I can't find a chart anywhere. For example, if he is at 150 or less before feeding, would that be a full dose or a half dose? Is there a chart somewhere that can guide me?
I plan to feed him at 7:30am and pm. I imagine his numbers will be lowest right before a meal (12 hours later)? What range should I look for him to be in, at a +6 reading to know if he'll go too low as he approaches his feeding?
If I'm not home exactly at the time he should eat (running late), and he gets insulin an hour late, what do I do about his next dose? Can I still give it at 7:30 the next feeding?
Sorry there's so many questions. I hope they all make sense. I'm terrified that once the pancreatitis is gone and he's back home, his numbers will come down from what the vet says it is. I don't want to overdose him.
Once he comes home, I have to go off of blind faith and a prayer. The ER isn't allowing people into the office to talk one on one, due to covid and their covid protocols right now. So our discussions are via phone and the office is so short staffed that the calls are cut too short to answer all of my questions. I won't be able to get into our regular vet until next week (hopefully). I have a few questions but I can't seem to find the answers anywhere.
From what I've found, I need to do a curve. With lantus, would it be a 12 hour curve or a 24 hour curve? My Alphatrak2 arrives tomorrow.
I've also been told that I need to take a pre shot reading. Taz will be fed twice a day. How soon before eating should this reading be done?
What is the time frame after eating, that insulin should be given? Immediately? Within 30-60 minutes?
How do I know the number range where a full insulin dose should be given, versus a smaller dose (or no dose at all)? I can't find a chart anywhere. For example, if he is at 150 or less before feeding, would that be a full dose or a half dose? Is there a chart somewhere that can guide me?
I plan to feed him at 7:30am and pm. I imagine his numbers will be lowest right before a meal (12 hours later)? What range should I look for him to be in, at a +6 reading to know if he'll go too low as he approaches his feeding?
If I'm not home exactly at the time he should eat (running late), and he gets insulin an hour late, what do I do about his next dose? Can I still give it at 7:30 the next feeding?
Sorry there's so many questions. I hope they all make sense. I'm terrified that once the pancreatitis is gone and he's back home, his numbers will come down from what the vet says it is. I don't want to overdose him.