My Pretty Prissy Girl

[eileen]

I kept Graham Crackers available for this, just something carby, don't over do it tho.

[Elodie]

I thin sliced a medium potato with a little salt and microwaved it. I gave her two thin slices just now at 2:15.

...and she is fussing for more...

[Elodie]

Well, now I know what I'm going to give her with her chicken for supper tonight, lol! She really liked the potatoes!

[eileen]

Are you not feeding her a consistent/well balanced diet?

Be sure to check the sugar level to make sure it is rising and not continuing to drop.

[Elodie]

Yes, I am feeding her a consistent well balanced diet. This is the first time we have had trouble in almost two years. Why do you ask?

[Elodie]

3:15 (had trouble getting a reading) - 74 (divided by .7) = 105.71

3:20 - 2 thin slices potato treats

[jesse girl]

wow pretty substantial drop with the increase

I am with eileen as to i dont do any conversions with my human meter. i take the numbers as is

craig with his conversions he does a detailed comparison with the pet meter

the comparison needs to be done at lower levels and higher levels and it would be nice to cover the whole spectrum

the reason for this at higher levels i have seen my human meter read lower compared to a vets lab analyzer . they did a test with my human meter at 500 and compared to the lab which was 350 . THese meters get a bit squirrely at higher levels

so the point i am making with your test on your meter at 400 and you adjust that to 600 . it has the potential to be substantially off and in jesses case that 400 may have been 350 in reality with jesses vet comparison

now i maybe trending this as a possibility because of the substantial drop with the one unit increase with blood sugar at an adjusted number at around 600 or higher just doesn't make sense dropping over 600 points with that increase

nothing is written in stone and everyone has there own way of doing things . You just have to be sure if you making conversions it is correct at all levels of blood sugar for your particular pup

[Elodie]

(All the numbers prior to last night at 10:30 were numbers with no insulin on board for over 48 hours.

These are the adjusted numbers since then:

June 4

10 pm - 661.42 no insulin on board
10 - 10:25 pm - 1/3 cup meal
10:30 pm - 2 units Vetsulin (first dose)

June 5

12:30 am - 410
09:00 am - 302.85
09:15 - 09:30 am - 1/3 cup meal
09:30 am - 2.5 units Vetsulin
09:45 am - 1/2 of a 3 inch chewie
11:30 am - 221.42
01:15 pm - 1/4 walnut
01:30 pm - 97.14
02:20 pm - 2 potato slices
03:15 pm - 105.71
03:25 pm - 2 potato slices
05:10 pm - 131:42
07:15 pm - 148.57
09:10 pm - 317.14
09:15 pm - 09:30 pm - 1 cup potato, chicken, and green beans
09:35 pm - 2.5 units Vetsulin

[jesse girl]

what was the dose before the low blood sugar event ?

both of you are doing a good job at testing

[Elodie]

Originally Posted by jesse girl

what was the dose before the low blood sugar event ?

both of you are doing a good job at testing

It was 6 units. She had been eating about 1 1/2 - 2 cups of food though.