Holly and Pablo
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(No condo yesterday.)
WCR: Much thirstier and hungrier for the last couple weeks but nothing acutely new or unusual. I'm guessing it's related to his numbers being so high. *sigh* Other than that, he's affectionate and adorable as always.
I increased to 4.25u on 1/31 after a long time on 4u with no results. All I got was ugly pinks and yellows. So taking Libby's advice (reminder?) to increase doses more closely to how the protocol recommends, I increased to 4.5 units on 2/4 after 8 cycles. If anything, the numbers are WORSE now! I've see red four times in four days. This morning's cycle is the 6th on this dose. Can I increase to 4.75u tonight?
On a positive note, I finally suckered my sister into testing Pablo at +5/+6 during the day since I can't be home. It's only costing me $2 (and a couple of strips because she still hasn't quite figured out how to coordinate the meter, the lancing device, and the strip fast enough to get blood in the right place at the right time! :lol: ) I had to buy 26 gauge lancets and just let her free-hand the poke because otherwise she never gets any blood! When I used the 26g lancet to demonstrate for her, I thought Pablo might bleed to death from the giant hole that thing made! Though she insists the lancing device doesn't work, I continue using it without issue. :roll:
So any clue why the heck the numbers are getting worse, not better? I saw blues and greens on 3 units...why none on 4.5?! I can't imagine he has an infection or pain anywhere. His teeth are perfect now, he was on antibiotics for a month and a half, and he still acts normal. :?:
*Edited to add that he was negative for ketones yesterday.
WCR: Much thirstier and hungrier for the last couple weeks but nothing acutely new or unusual. I'm guessing it's related to his numbers being so high. *sigh* Other than that, he's affectionate and adorable as always.
I increased to 4.25u on 1/31 after a long time on 4u with no results. All I got was ugly pinks and yellows. So taking Libby's advice (reminder?) to increase doses more closely to how the protocol recommends, I increased to 4.5 units on 2/4 after 8 cycles. If anything, the numbers are WORSE now! I've see red four times in four days. This morning's cycle is the 6th on this dose. Can I increase to 4.75u tonight?
On a positive note, I finally suckered my sister into testing Pablo at +5/+6 during the day since I can't be home. It's only costing me $2 (and a couple of strips because she still hasn't quite figured out how to coordinate the meter, the lancing device, and the strip fast enough to get blood in the right place at the right time! :lol: ) I had to buy 26 gauge lancets and just let her free-hand the poke because otherwise she never gets any blood! When I used the 26g lancet to demonstrate for her, I thought Pablo might bleed to death from the giant hole that thing made! Though she insists the lancing device doesn't work, I continue using it without issue. :roll:
So any clue why the heck the numbers are getting worse, not better? I saw blues and greens on 3 units...why none on 4.5?! I can't imagine he has an infection or pain anywhere. His teeth are perfect now, he was on antibiotics for a month and a half, and he still acts normal. :?:
*Edited to add that he was negative for ketones yesterday.
Oh, and a big thanks to the two of them for keeping an eye out for me and Pablo. We've gotten a lot of great help from a lot of people here. I'll go poke around on the high-dose board, but I thought since he saw greens on lower doses he probably didn't qualify. 
I followed the usual advice from my vet on increasing and actually didn't realize at that point that it was possible to increase by 0.25. But I don't think we're experiencing rebound in response to too-low numbers because he's never super low then spiking high numbers. They're just always high.