Reassurance on Dose

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  1. Heather & Ducote

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    Ducote's precheck numbers are always 500-600 range. I bumped him up to 4.5 units a couple of days ago. This morning he surprised me when out of the blue his precheck number was 291! I went ahead with the 4.5 units but I am nervous about it. Since he normally drops around 200 points 4-6 hours later, is this going to bring him too low? And to add to the nerves this morning, I have to meet my family for my grandmother's birthday lunch today so I will probably be out for a few hours around peak insulin drop. I have been stuck in the house for weeks but it sure is like him to pick today to throw me a surprise curve ball lol o_O I plan to check him right before I leave. Am I right to be overly nervous or am I just overreacting because this is a first for us? Should I have gone with a lower dose or was I supposed to stay the course with 4.5 units?
     
  2. jt and trouble (GA)

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    The only thing I can suggest for this situation is leaving a bowl of high carb food out while youre gone. Cats have been known to seek food when feeling low bg numbers. That said I'm no expert but when you are worried and cant be there ...thats what I would do.
    As always hang on for more replies.:bighug:
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  3. JanetNJ

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    Omg that's amazing!!! How many hours past shot time will you be able to test before you leave?
     
  4. Heather & Ducote

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    I gave him his dose at 7am and I will test him at 11am before I leave (+4). Hopefully I can make it back home around 2pm (my grandmother lives 45 minutes away).
     
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    Oh, and I'm glad you stuck with 4.5. I'm hoping you will get some healing blue numbers today!!!! Fingers crossed
     
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    Ok well that will definitly give you a good indication of how he's doing. If he's below like 130 maybe leave some medium carb food out. But I think this is a great thing!
     
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    I'll try to check in later and see what you got. What time zone are you in
     
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    Thanks! That sounds easy enough! Normally I would be ecstatic to see this preshot number (and a tiny part of me still is) but today is just a scary day for it to be the first low preshot number :nailbiting:
     
  9. Heather & Ducote

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    Central time. It is 8:29am here right now.
     
  10. JanetNJ

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    I KNOW! Bad timing, but a +4 is close enough to nadir that you can see where it's going. I am so so happy you are seeing progress. Let's hope those scary black numbers stay away.
     
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    Ok so noon est by me. I'll set an alarm.
     
  12. Heather & Ducote

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    My first blue number! Why oh why did it have to be today of all days :confused: I guess that I will put him some food out and hopefully he will not go too much higher by the time I get back (or continue to fall lower) :nailbiting:
     
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  13. JanetNJ

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    Ooooo look at that nice 117!!!! First blue!!!! Just leave him a bit of food to keep him steady. .
     
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    A nice portion of his regular food should be fine.
     
  15. jt and trouble (GA)

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    Never fails! :rolleyes::oops::confused:
     
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    I put him a whole can of Friskies Shreds Turkey and Giblets in gravy :confused:
     
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  17. JanetNJ

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    Oooh that's very high in carb. You may have over compansated. Lol
     
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    If you're still home maybe do his reg low carb food and a spoonful of the shreds if you're worried. If you already left don't worry about it, but he may be high next shot. Ha
     
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    UGH sorry Janet. I HOPE that wasnt my fault.:(
     
  20. JanetNJ

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    No biggie. It's one day... He will come down again. :)
     
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    Thanks I was just worried about her not being around sigh.
     
  22. JanetNJ

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    Better to err on the side of caution
     
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    I am back and he is fine :bighug:. He jumped from 117 to 201 but that is still a good number for him at this point and I would rather see 201 than a very low kitty when I got home. Thanks for the help! Next time I'll leave regular food with a little high carb mixed in but for the time being it all worked out alright :cat:
     
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  25. JanetNJ

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    Well that's excellent!!!! :D Looks like you found his breakthrough dose.... It will be coming down now.
     
  26. Heather & Ducote

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    Fingers crossed!!!!! :cat:
     
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