? 7/22 Perry AMPS 234, +6 135 | PMPS 126/118/132, +1 174, +2 146, +3.3 108, +4.75 87

Well, the new feeder was a bust last night. Perry ate out of it just fine (yesterday's condo w pic), but I woke up at 4am because I thought I heard it click. Perry was sleeping on me and woke up when I got up to check the feeder ... which made me realize he'd been sleeping on me for hours. The feeder did not click over to the empty tray (I must've heard something else), so since I was up and knew he was hungry, I fed him. We tested AMPS at 5:45 a.m. So that's probably slightly food influenced, but not too bad.

We will try the feeder again tonight. My husband realized he hadn't tested it properly last night before we loaded it up, so it might have been user error.

Hope all the kitties surf safely today!

 

Glad he likes his feeder! I saw his picture while he's eating, so cute little boy!! He might have some nices blues today!
Have a great day!!

 

I hope the feeder works better tonight and Perry will get up to eat.

 

Darn! Hope the feeder works well tonight. Have a midnight snack, Perry!

 

+6 135, Perry looks good in blue

 

Nice slide for Perry today!

 

Hope it was simple user error & it works tonight for you guys ! Congrats on the #s

 

Really, you are just making us jealous.

Nice nadir today - Perry is having a good cycle.

 

Perry's PMPS is 124 -- in the no-shoot zone for a newbie. However, I have a feeling if I wait even just 15 minutes, he'll be so peeved that he'll shoot well up into the safe-to-shoot zone. He's hungry now! Thoughts, @JeffJ or others?

 

Oh my gosh he's scratching my office chair and batting at my arm as I type to register his displeasure at the situation, haha!

 

ignore him. its the hardest 30 min of your life lol. do exactly what you said and decide based on that number. good luck

 

Just retested at 118. Why the heck is he going down? Oy.

I usually give him a bit of food around 3:30, 3:45, but he slept through it today.

 

124 and 118 are basically the same number. Are you able to stay up and monitor tonight and do you have supplies?

 

I have a hypo kit. It's 6pm here, and if I have to stay up to monitor, I have to stay up to monitor. He's really a grazer, and I have a feeling he's on the low side because he hasn't eaten since 2pm ... but I'm also going to wait and retest in 5 minutes here. If we weren't so new to lower numbers, I wouldn't be nervous.

 

Let's see what the next test is.

 

132. I just realized his first test was a hair early -- he got his shot this morning at 5:55.

 

I think if you can monitor, you should shoot the 2 units. I won't be able to stay up with you all night, but I can check back in an hour. You'll need to get a +1 and a +2. It's up to you.

 

Other info: We are using the Lantus pen to inject right now, so if I did a reduced dose tonight, I'd go to 1u (his usual is 2u).

 

Thanks Carla, you've been so helpful!

 

You are getting good advice from others. It's the old sugar dance that many of us have become accustomed to.

 

Even if you shoot a reduced dose, you'll still need to get a +1 and a +2 just to make sure he stays safe. Sometimes when you shoot a reduced dose it doesn't affect the current cycle, but the following cycle.

 

@JeffJ will you be able to check in tonight?

 

Okay, good to know.

 

Yes, I can be on until 1am CST and if it is dire, then I can help thru 3am CST. Actually I've never gone to bed when it was actually still "dire".

 

Carla and Jeff, you are amazing, thank you so much. Perry's still eating ... and he's eaten nearly a whole 3-oz can of food. My husband just got home, and we're discussing whether to shoot 2u or 1u right now and will post what we do momentarily here.

 

Okay, we decided to play it safe tonight. I just shot 1u. We're feeling like we don't have enough info and experience at these numbers yet. I had to really think hard about this, because we're throwing off the depot for a few days now, so that's just delaying acquiring more data at lower numbers, of course, but we weren't quite comfortable with shooting the full 2u tonight.

 

You have to do what you are comfortable with. You'll get another chance to shoot a low number. Remember to get a +1 and a +2 just to be safe.

 

@carfurby and @JeffJ I will still closely monitor him tonight, of course.

 

PMPS +1 174

 

PM +2 146

 

Perry is having a small bite right now but will want his real dinner in about an hour, 1:15, which will be around his +3.5. I'm thinking about giving him DM (at 10%) for dinner tonight, because it will give him a good boost going into the nadir. (We've been gradually moving him off the DM and onto a ProPlan True Nature that's 6%.) Thoughts @JeffJ ?

 

How about just feeding him the intended "good" food" - the ProPlan. I would keep moving him off the higher carb stuff.

 

Holy Smokes - that food has a long name:
Purina Pro Plan TRUE NATURE Grain Free Formula Natural Beef & Giblets Entrée Classic Wet Cat Food

I went to their web site. How do they even fit that on the label?

 

I'm clearly trying not to overreact here, can you tell?!? The first words on the hypo sticky are "don't panic" for a reason! How about I take a deep breath?

 

Very carefully!

 

The hypo sticky is a good one. A well prepared owner (like you) can deal with it IF it happens. Probably not tonight though.

It is part of diabetes mgmt. Over the coming months it probably will happen. And we just apply a little more due diligence that evening. Not a big deal. And the more calmly that we treat our kittehs, it makes the situation easier for them too.

If you look at Leo's history, he had a lot of events. While it is not routine, you pretty much get used to it. Afterall, we don't want to keep our kittehs in the 200-400 range. So an occasional dip into lime green is fine.

 

+3.3 is 108. Wow. Okay, feeding Mr. Perry his bedtime snack ... and I will probably get up in two hours to check on him again.

 

I will monitor until 1:00am CST (12:00 Mountain) - basically 2 hours from now.

The snack should bring him up.

 

If you are awake, then one hour from now is also a good test time.

 

Thank you.

He had a light snack after +2 and didn't go up at all, but it was small -- just enough to tide him over until now.

I decided to give him a light dinner, and I'm staying up to feed him again as he enters his nadir. He's a little put out that he didn't get a bigger dinner, but he'll be happy for it in an hour. And I can test again. Poor guy's ears are getting beat up tonight.

 

The ears are part of the territory. Our poor kittehs. I used to give Leo's ears small massages, then I would massage his head. He was real tolerant of the whole deal.

I'm glad Little Dude is not diabetic. He can fold his ears flat and they almost morph into his body.

 

Wow, Little Dude, that sounds like a great party trick!

I feel pretty lucky. Perry has been pretty tolerant of the ear pricks. Maybe because he knows he often gets to eat after he gets them!

 

Real short summary of LD's adoption (with a picture) from today
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...-194-1-5-208-5-189-9-122.217167/#post-2411880

That's good Perry is getting used to it. I think sick kittehs and diabetic kittehs form a deeper bond with their owners. That's a good thing too.

 

Staying up with him is giving me a chance to get some work done that I couldn't get to earlier today, so I guess that's a good thing?

 

OH MY GOSH THOSE BELLY RUBS!!! What a guy!

 

...ummm yeah for your company, but not for you.

TV, Netflix, and Amazon streaming - they were all invented for diabetic cat owners.

 

I'm self-employed, so good for the company IS good for me.

 

Oh, good news, for those who were watching the feeder situation: Husband got it fixed!

 

YAY.

 

Tested a bit early because Perry was looking like he was thinking about giving up on food and going to bed. 87 at +4.75

 

That's fine.
87 is a healthy number. No cause for any alarms. But you do have to stay up and test at +6. We need to watch for the bottom of the curve.

 

He's eating well right now, so I'm more worried about his +7?

 

I used to test Leo when he was asleep sometimes. BG changes - they don't care if the kitteh is asleep or running thru the house.

 

Since he is eating now - we are looking for the same range now for the next 2 hours. I didn't put it in excel, but his curve looks to be flattening out.

 

He's had a couple of lows at +9 in the past week, so I'm thinking about getting up for +7, hopefully getting him to eat a bit more to get him thru to +9, if that makes sense.

 

What CST time will +7 be?

If you keep feeding him every 2 hours, then he will definitely be fine. Then if he goes low then gravy time. If real low then Karo party time.

 

We have 25% gravy and honey, so we are ready.

+7 will be 1:30 a.m. Mountain (for us), so 2:30 a.m. Central. I think we'll be okay here. You might be staying up for the 911, anyway, of course.

 

Yes, I'm on the 911 now. I really think Perry will be doing good tonight. And it could actually be a nice curve for him.

 

Nice curve for him, sleepless night for me! This really has proved to me that the depot is real and it works. I can't believe he's dipping this low with a half dose.

Meanwhile, both cats just got wound up and are starting to play. So I'm not sure how I'll sleep through that!

 

Yes, many times I've seen recommendations to skip. Especially after an event. That way the depot drains.

The advantage of the depot is nice flat curves, when it works. Some cats are just bouncy though. And that makes it tough tame their BG.

 

My world used to revolve around Leo. Look at his years of charts. Lots of nights spent in the kitchen. The amazing thing - many others on the forum also have the same level of dedication.

 

We're really grateful here.

124 at +7. He's eating a bit of his ProPlan.

 

Nice surfing. I'm glad Perry stayed safe for you.

 

Actually a pretty good curve last night. Good monitoring on your part, keeping your furkid safe.

 

You were right, he had a good curve last night. Today could be a different story.