10/8/15 Lucy AMPS 90 +3 121 +5 101 PMPS +166 +6 151

I was planning to go out today but with a dropping BG close to when the next dose of insulin was due, I didn't feel comfortable about giving Lucy insulin and then leaving for several hours and being a long distance from home. So I thought I would do a test just before leaving home to see if Lucy's glucose level was holding steady and give Lucy some higher carb food to hold her BG steady till I got home. I would give her insulin when I got back home again, a little late but that would be fine. As Lucy was eating her higher carb food I did another test that showed a still dropping BG into green numbers. So I decided to stay home though it was unlikely we would have a hypoglycemic episode so late in the cycle but better to be safe as sometimes Lucy surfs along in green numbers for a long time after a missed insulin dose. Anyway I stayed home and Lucy thoroughly enjoyed her higher carb food that she would not have gotten if I had planned to stay home and got her insulin dose on time too.
My previous post:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...-85-3-101-6-113-amps-239-8-130-10-128.142357/

 

heehee Lucy's all "I GOTS THE GOOD FOODS MOM!"

It's nice you've got some flexibility and could stay home with your girl.

 

Thank you Julie. Yes we all need flexibility when dealing with diabetes. Lucy loves the fancy feast grilled foods. The fancy feast grilled foods aren't as high carb as the Whiskas in gravy foods but they do increase Lucy's glucose levels a bit more than low carb Whiskas foods. I rang the company and they said the grilled variety we have here is less than 5% carbs but I find they do increase glucose levels a bit more than the fancy feast classics without cereals. Some of the fancy feast classics we have here do have cereals in them so I don't feed Lucy those foods. Lucy really loves the Whiskas in gravy foods but I only feed those when her glucose levels are below 2.8/50. It is good to have the choice of different foods.