1/21/18 Luci - AMPS 237 - EXCITED that I was able to get a BG solo! First time! Yeah!

Looks like we go up and down, up and down...will continue to get as many BG's as possible to see if we can establish a pattern. I see the value of getting more during the night - hope my back (pain) will allow me to get up soon!

At 10:15 I WAS ABLE TO GET BG ALONE! This is the FIRST time I've been able to hang on to Luci, get her ear warmed up, poke, get monitor up there, cloth to stop bleeding and apply a bit of ointment - TA DAA! Mighty excited about this development.

I'd like to work up to being able to do it earlier in the morning so we don't have to wait until 8 PM to do the next one PMPS! So we'll see how she handles a few more solo pokes today - just getting her to cooperate is a BIG step for us. DH isn't even here right now - she just sat there as I was holding her gently - didn't try to run or resist in any way - until just about the end..and then I started telling her a snack was coming...she was definitely ready to go by then..but that's ok...all over!

 

Wonderful!!!!! Congrats!!! Feels good, doesn't it Sue!? So happy for you.

 

Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations!

 

Good job Sue! What a good girl, Luci!

 

Between that victory and my pain level improving - it's a GREAT day! I just told my DH I'd like to do some cleaning! I haven't been able to do anything in weeks - and the doctor has already warned me not to overdo it...it's taking a great deal of restraint for me NOT to grab the cleaning stuff and go to town in here! It's a beautiful day and I'm feeling like cleaning house! Good and bad...bad if I hurt my back again...but good that I'm actually interested in doing something REAL! Not just 'take a note'...I'll get to it when I can...

Hope you have a wonderful day too!

 

Please pace yourself so you don't wind up miserable tomorrow!

Congrats on handling a test solo.

 

Congratulations!!!
I remember my first solo test very well - I never thought it would happen.

Persistence prevails!
Well done!

 

What a great day for you! Just take it easy! It will get easier to get blood. When Mango was first diag., a lady told me it gets easier and that her cat ran to her when it was time to either get shot or bg. I thought she really was a nut. Now I know what she meant. Mango loves treats and now when he hears the beep on the monitor when I put the test strip in, he comes running! Now I know she is not nuts! I put Mango on the dryer, he lays down and I take his blood, give treats and then gets his meal on the floor. Then he knows that we get back on the dryer for a shot. It sounds crazy, but this is our routine. Pick a place to always check bg and give shots. It will be a positive place because it will always be treat time.It will become routine. Always give treats.

 

Awesome! Well done!

 

I had such hard time with my first solo. I almost had a melt down so I went to the vet up the street and they were nice enough to test for me a couple times. I FINALLY did it and now it is a piece of cake! {If you like cake }

 

I agree! We use the same spot on the kitchen island - where the light is really good - and the same towel, same everything - always a treat or snack to follow. I tried having it on the counter with her - but it seemed to cause too much wiggling - she really wanted to get at the treat - so now I save it for as soon as we're done - her eating zone is just a few steps away - so she usually is right behind me...

If someone had told us when she was first diagnosed that she'd be so cooperative we would never have believed them! Not in a million years! She's always been aloof - not a lap cat - not one to be held - and you are all right - the blood comes on the least little prick of that outer edge of the ear...like it 'learned' what it was supposed to do...

So we've all come a long way in this house - thankfully! I didn't have a lot of confidence that we were going to be able to do this for her - if first we'd have to chase her down, then wrangle her into a steady position ...you know ... all that tempermental cat behavior...No I'm Not Coming down from my spot 10 feet up in the ceiling - you can go take a hike! That's what I envisioned...and she hasn't done that a single time - she must know deep down in her little heart that we're just trying to help her feel better.

 

Huge congrats!!! it took me almost 3 whole months to do my first solo BG!

 

I'm right there with you! We started all this poking in November ... her it is late January and she's just now cooperating with a single-handed poker. I just did it again - nice green reward

 

Congratulations on your first time solo!