Dose advice help now! He did huge bounce

he is the highest he has been...tested twice one was 589 one was high. Don’t know what to give! Needs dose now

 

Give the same dose tonight. As hard as it is, ignore those bounce-inflated numbers. They look scary but actually aren't that important. A long string of very high numbers over a longer time is much more concerning. Another thing: if you get a number that's completely out of sync with the others (too high or too low) that cycle repeat the test. You might have a wonky strip.

 

I did repeat it...why did he go so high? I need a sliding scale...obviously can’t dose .2 in the 100’s

 

I wouldn't start a sliding scale yet. He hasn't been on ProZinc long enough to be anywhere close to being settled. The 0.2 u dose on a 169 AMPS didn't get him out of blue today so that tells you it's OK to give it on that magnitude of PS. If he's dropped to a lime green I'd say that was too large a dose for the PS. Last night he dropped from a red PMPS to a nice blue nadir. That drop might well have started a slow bounce that gave you the black this PMPS.

 

Hi Jen! I've been out of town so haven't been able to comment on your thread before. I know a sliding scale seems like a good idea, but we've actually found that consistency tends to work best. Sliding scales are a super useful tool, but they work best when you know what your kitties reactions are like on a new insulin. I do think that what you're seeing is some slow bouncing from that blue last night...bouncing evens out best with consistency usually. If you increase on a red number like tonights, you might end up causing him to go way too low. Then that would cause even more bouncing.

I'm not saying you should never have a sliding scale. And trust me, I'll be the first to suggest it if it seems necessary. But I really would give it some time first on a consistent dose. Let's see if that evens things out some and then decide on a good sliding scale if needed.

 

Was wondering if he hit greens when I didn’t test...wanted to give him a break. I don’t want to dose more than .2, I was thinking a lower dose when preshot was in 10o’s. I will hold as long as you guys don’t think he is going hypo. He was a little strange this afternoon..super whiney and lovey..but he ate nothing...which is HIGHLY unusual...
I am leaving Friday...my husband is experienced but we had a high dose cat that we shot tid with a sliding scale most of the time. I would rather cracker running slightly too high while I am gone..I don’t think my husband will be able to track a hypo. He has to work from home and take care of high needs Dogs too. This is going to be very very difficult for him. I appreciate all your help.

 

He was 154 amps gave .2...hope he can handle it