6/27 Benny AMBG 47 skip +4 179 PMPS 220

https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/6-26-benny-amps-94-4-55-6-62-8-70-10-69-pmps-124.265097/

Okay, my boy's AMPS is 47. I'm stalling, no food, because I'm not sure whether to shoot this low. I believe this qualifies him for a reduction, but should I give him a half dose or a full dose this morning?

 

(Sorry for tagging so many, have edited out the tags.)

To clarify, I have an appointment and have to leave at +2 and won't return until maybe +4. Given how low he has been going these days, even wiith MC or HC food, I'm afraid he won't be safe by himself.

 

This does qualify as a reduction. If it is 20 mins from the last test, please test again?

 

I think I should not have tagged so many people; I was just panicky. Sorry about that.

Bhooma, his +20 min is 53. That's within the error rate of the meter, is it not? It does not seem really different from 47.

 

There is no problem in tagging so many people. A lime PS is a cause for panic when you are new to green.

Suggest you feed some MC or HC and shoot the full dose (with the reduction). I presume you can get a +2 and +4?

 

Thanks.

I can't even get a +1.5 today. Mornings take me out of the house early these days bc everyone needs/wants to finish business before the extreme heat of the day. Today's can't be changed. I can get maybe a +5. Under these conditions, I'm afraid to shoot at all.

Last night I had left him a little MC during the night and he would not eat it. He wants the LC only now, just my luck.

 

So you can get a +1 and then probably a +5? Will he eat if you leave food out for him?

 

I can get a +1 and then have to leave. He refused MC and HC before in favor of LC; I'm afraid he will be such a fussypants that he won't even eat LC when I'm gone. The more I stall, the more the whole idea makes my hair stand on end and I'm not sure I can do it. Green, I can do now, but lime is a bit too much, I think.

 

Skip. He will recover. Stay with LC. Get a test at +1.

 

+40 is 48

 

Okay, will do. Hate to do it given the good numbers he's been having with 2u, but hopefully he'll still do well.

 

Is this after he ate LC? How long after food?

Does he get food after you go to bed? He was clearing a bounce last night and therefore the end-of-cycle nadir. Some food would have slowed him down.

 

Hi Catherine, just checking if you got any tests and he came up after food?

 

I was fast asleep at your amps. Good you skipped. Benny will recover.

 

The last figure was without food; I thought we were stalling without food. I gave him food and skipped the shot. He is doing fine in the blues now.

I did give him food last night after bed; he turned up his nose at the MC. He did happily eat the LC, but it didn't do his BG the good the MC probably would have.

 

You might want to remove the question mark in case you have a question later.

 

Thank you for the reminder!

 

And also remove the AMPS 47 from your title, cause that tells people you shot that 47. AMBG 47 - skipped, would be a better description. Or "+12 47" is an alternative way of saying it.

 

Got it, thank you Wendy!

 

So Benny's PMPS was 220, not really surprising given that he did not get any insulin this morning. I gave him the reduction to 1.75 and we'll see how he does tonight.

My vet sometimes checks in on Benny's spreadsheet to see how he's doing. She emailed me this morning saying, "you may want to skip this morning's shot if you can't monitor closely; also, consider a reduction to 1.75u." I really like her so I did not say, "my peeps already got me there".

 

Good that you reduced. With TR you reduce if under 50.I’m glad you like your vet. Good ones are hard to find.

 

Could you put either Skip or NS (for no shot) in the units column? That'll help us know you didn't just forget to enter the amount. And your vet would know too.

 

Done, thanks. It has been a formatting-error kind of day!

 

Any day starting with a 47 is going to rattle you!