01/18 Charlie AMPS 59

Charlie's AMPS is 59. I can't be with him all day, I can pop in to check his sugars and give him his food but will not be able to keep an eye on him all day. I am thinking of skipping his shot (0.1 units) is that the right call?
Thanks

 

Will you be out all day or only for a part of it?

 

Most of the day. Till about 4pm (+8) I will be able to make a few quick pop ins to check but will not be here most of the day.

 

OK. Might be safer to skip. we don't want another cycle like the AM of the 15th. looks like he is headed for another reduction.

 

Do get the odd test though. How he fares without insulin will be a useful data point to see if he is ready to go OTJ.

 

Great Thank you. That is what I was worried about. I didn't want him to go to low if I wasn't here.

 

Better to be safe

 

Yes I will do that and refill his low carb food. He is kinda picky and will only eat if you put a small amount in his bowl at a time.

 

Thank you again and should I post his numbers here for an update?

 

Yes please and his SS too, if possible. But you can do it when you're back home!

 

Great. Thank you again!

 

It will be interesting to see how he does with NS. He’s doing so well!

 

I just took his sugar. It was 77 @+3. I gave him some more LC food and I will be back to check on him at +5 or +6.

 

This is day 3 of this dose. Four more days like this and you move down to a drop dose. In prep for the next dose when you have time count how many drops are in your current dose. Everybody’s is different.

 

Charlie's sugars are 77 @+5.

I am a little worried about doing the drop dose. I will practice drawing it up over the next couple of days.
Thank you

 

For starters let’s see how many drops are in the current dose. It might already be really low and you might move to even less. The some dose. First let’s get through the 7 days on this dose. I just wanted to give you time to get prepared and see exactly how many drops in the current dose. Check out @Shiloh567 spreadsheet for an example. She thought she was giving a drop dose but had room to go lower. She had lots of low 100’s which you don’t have. So you may or may not need the drop dose. When a spreadsheet looks like yours it might not be necessary. I’m getting a little ahead of things here but you are sooooo close.

 

Is there a video on how to measure drops? I did read it and will reread it but if I had a video I might find it easier to follow. I couldn't find one on YouTube.

 

Charlie's PMPS 4.1.

He did so well today. Today was the first day someone has not been home with him the whole time since he was diagnosed. He was probably glad to have some alone time.
I am practicing drops with some water, just to get the hang of it. Tomorrow I will count how many drops are in his dose now.

 

Sorry

Charlie's PMPS was 74, I forget to convert it sometimes.

 

No worries. The ss does it for us. Real nice with a skip

 

Thank you for your help again today!

 

Some people do drop doses this way. You push the plunger fully, keep it pressed, insert the needle in the vial/pen and release the plunger. The insulin you get is a drop. Try it out.
I don't know how many drops that would work out compared to your existing 0.10U dose.

 

Charlie is getting 2 drops with his 0.1 units. I got it figured out!
Thanks

 

Looks like he did alright without insulin yesterday. His numbers didn't spike. That's good!

 

Yes I was excited. I was worried about noone being home but he did well. I didn't get a reading last night because I must of shut of my alarm and went back to sleep.

 

That's okay. I think your testing days are soon coming to end. Touch wood/ Anti-jinx!

 

Good morning. Tammy, you are doing TR, right? The signature still says SLGS.

 

Yes, sorry I will go change that.

 

I thought we did this but was questioning my memory. Thanks. So close.

 

Fingers crossed!!!

 

Next question. Was last night’s dose .01 or .10?

 

.10 sorry I changed that as well.

 

Three more days like this and you go down to a drop, unless he drops under 50 sooner.

 

Fingers crossed I am hoping for the three days, I don't like going under 50

 

Starting off day 7 (AMPS 70) in all green! Hoping for another great day off all green!

 

Hi Tammy, that's great! Start a new thread today/tomorrow?