Concerned...

1. Last night Jades pmps was 120 and I decided not to shoot. She stayed in a good range. I typically shoot at 11 and 11. This morning I tested, fed and shot around 10:20. All was good. I didn’t go to work today and around 3:00 decided to test. It was 87!! I panicked and gave her several Greenies and some food with gravy... see her SS for results. My question is, do I trust her pmps #? Or is it from treats and gravy? Not an organic #? And I don’t know why she dropped so low?
   Any advice is greatly appreciated. Also, I wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t been home?? I’m sick just thinking about that!
   As always, thank you for your time!
   Jill & Jade
   
   Jade's Spreadsheet
   Jill Hollister, Today at 7:53 PMReport
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But 87 is a good number. Why the panic?

 

The Vet told me 100 is the low side of a safe number and I had just never seen her go that low and it seemed rapid.

 

Congratulations on your first green!

Is a very good number but I do get it it's scary the first time a lot of us did just what you did but just remember that with the Alpha Track the take action number is 65, above that is OK and maybe just monitor a while later just to make sure he isn't going down more, and maybe give a low carb snack

 

Thank you!!

 

Man I am looking for 87's. Lol

a little spoonful of your cats regular food will do fine when you still have time to drop and you are concerned but it's a safe number so you want to level it off.

 

I think I panicked thinking it was on its way down.

 

And I kept hearing my Vet saying 100-300 is what we want.

 

For starters sounds like a good goal but on the long term what we really want is for them to be on normal cat numbers and the sooner the better ( sometimes this sooner can take months so patience is very important ) 87 is a really nice number

 

68-150 is the ultimate goal.

 

It seems like 70's are so very close to going down the rabbit hole of Hypo-land, no?

 

If aim for 85-95 area, but 70's aren't dangerous unless you still have a lot of time to drop.

 

That being the nadir,yes? Because I know I shouldn't shoot under 150. I worry about what could happen when I'm not home. A lot. It really gives me heart palpitations when I think about it.

 

This is a slow process eventually being around 150 and under 100 won't be so scary or something to worry about because he will be more regulated and a lot of time in those numbers, at the beginning you may have to skip a few shoots if you are not able to monitor but that will change the more time he spends on the greens, you may even get to the point where you will shoot under 150 but don't think about it just now one small step at a time

 

Very much appreciate the encouragement!! Thank You!

 

And OMG your cat is stunningly beautiful!!

 

Thank you very much

 

She spends in the greens...LOL

I finally got Jill posting in the Lantus forum too!!

 

You’re a good instructor!!

 

Baby steps for me! Lol! Should have paid more attention in school, that’s for sure!