Merry 11/28 Still in the Yellows, Dose Advice

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LuanneP

LuanneP

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Hi guys,

Merry is still feeling yellow with just some infrequent blues. He has tonight's cycle & 2 tomorrow before his dose change. I'm assuming if he continues as he is that I will increase 0.25 again on Nov 30. Or should I increase 0.50 since he's still kind of flat just in yellow now on the human meter instead of pink on the AT2?

When I got an 11 reading at +7 today I got a bit excited, hoping it might decrease a bit more at +8 but no luck, he started to increase. I wonder if he might have a been a tad lower at +5 or +6 but I wasn't able to check. This disease is so frustrating. When I started fostering him I thought with the right food & the right amount of insulin we could get him regulated & maybe even in remission in no time but it's not working out like that at all. It's definitely been a learning process & now at least I know about a disease I never had to deal with in my own cats before so learning is a good thing. It's just a bit overwhelming at times with my own kitties & their needs & all their meds & last week I just found out my 10 yr old boy Simon has a clot in his heart which was totally unexpected so he's on meds now too, so that's 6 pill organizes on my counter plus Merry's insulin & I'm fostering 3 kittens who are on meds. I think I am your proverbial crazy cat lady! LOL!
 
Boy, that's a lot to deal with. I think you are an angel to be taking such good care of all these cats. I am attracted to the name Merry, because my cat Jackson's sibling was named Merry. They were feral kittens and Merry was trapped right before Christmas.
When you do the increase, I would just go with the 0.25 and hopefully you'll begin to see more and more blues. You're doing a great job :bighug:
 
Dyana said:
Boy, that's a lot to deal with. I think you are an angel to be taking such good care of all these cats. I am attracted to the name Merry, because my cat Jackson's sibling was named Merry. They were feral kittens and Merry was trapped right before Christmas.
When you do the increase, I would just go with the 0.25 and hopefully you'll begin to see more and more blues. You're doing a great job :bighug:
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Thanks @Dyana! Merry was born in December & I had heard he was born on Christmas so they named him Merry but his vet records say his birthday is Dec 10 so I guess that's close enough to Christmas :) I'll increase tomorrow 0.25u.

@Kris & Teasel Just curious, why did you switch to Levemir from Lantus?
 
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LuanneP said:
Thanks @Dyana! Merry was born in December & I had heard he was born on Christmas so they named him Merry but his vet records say his birthday is Dec 10 so I guess that's close enough to Christmas :) I'll increase tomorrow 0.25u.

@Kris & Teasel Just curious, why did you switch to Levemir from Lantus?
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Hi Luanne,

I switched Teasel to Levemir to see if it would level him out more. He's a very bouncy cat and that continued - although more moderately - on Lantus. He was on ProZinc before Lantus and lived on his trampoline. His numbers were better on Lantus and he would have intervals of low blues and dark greens but he didn't feel well on Lantus. He was lethargic and occasionally grumpy. I thought I had nothing to lose by trying Lev because many other bouncers levelled out nicely on it.

Teasel always follows his own path, though, and he continues to bounce on Lev but the bounces don't last as long. Lev acts much more like an in and out insulin in Teasel and I can work with that. It's the way he should have been on ProZinc. The main thing is that he feels so much better on Lev.
 
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