80 day update :)

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  1. Brian

    Brian Member

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    It's been 80 days since we first injected Linus with Lantus and time for an update, here's what's happened in that time frame:

    -He had 124 injections for a total of 144 units of Lantus.
    -Days since last injection- 14 :)

    -He went from eating 1/2 dry food and 1/2 wet food to all wet food within the first 25 days and has been given dry on only 4 or 5 days since.
    -He's still not convinced wet food is awesome despite trying all the tricks (parmesan, fortiflora, pleading, bribery, various mind games, etc.)
    -He went from 14.99 lbs down to 13.21 lbs (this is good!).

    -His prednisilone dose (for allergies) went from 5mg bid down to 2.5mg sid. The wet food seems to be helping here.

    -His blood has been tested 259 times, averaging 3.24 per day.

    -December average blood glucose (averages computed using a modified trapezoid rule)- 11.4 mmol/L
    -December maximum reading- 17.6 mmol/L

    -January average blood glucose- 6.0 mmol/L
    -January maximum reading- 11.6 mmol/L

    -February average blood glucose- 4.5 mmol/L
    -February maximum reading- 6.7 mmol/L

    -Average over past 14 days- 4.3 mmol/L
    -Maximum over past 14 days- 5.7 mmol/L

    An overall chart of his BG values (click to enlarge):



    The blue dots are tests at injection times, vertical scale is mmol/L. The little spike a couple days ago- his appetite was very poor so we caved and fed about 150kcal worth of EVO kitten dry food for a couple of days which he greedily devoured. The spike (up to 5.7 mmol/L) happened the next day. No dry food the past 48 hours and he was back down to 3.7 mmol/L this morning. This is only a couple day test for a relatively small change and it could be a coincidence but the dry seemed to take a couple of days to have an impact on the numbers, and another couple of days to clear.

    Future plans:

    -His appetite seems back, and we're trying some new brands of wet food he seems to like (Fancy Feast).
    -Easier on the dry if we're worried about low food intake next time.
    -We'll move to 1/day testing after today provided he continues to stay low.
    -Try to lower pred dose even more.
    -Enjoy not having to inject insulin while we can and hope we never have to again;)
     

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  2. PeterDevonMocha

    PeterDevonMocha Well-Known Member

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    What a detailed update! Thanks for letting us know how linus is doing, I hope he continues doing so well!
     
  3. Julia & Bandit (GA)

    Julia & Bandit (GA) Well-Known Member

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    You've done a fantastic job. Linus is a very lucky cat! :)
     
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