Hi , my dog has been on 15 units of vetsulin 2x a day since January when we got him regulated. We've done several curves and all have been good.
He eats and gets his injections at 6am and 6pm every day.
Last Wednesday, at 4:30pm (10.5 hours after eating) he went low (VERY low, 24 according to the alpha trak II reading). He was shaking and could not move. We gave him honey/food, and got his sugar back up but i'm curious, why would his blood sugar go so low , so far after feeding? In all our curves his low point is about 4 hours after eating.. this was 10.5 hours later.
I did notice that my dog developed a fatty lump on his back. I'm wondering if he was injected into the lump (by accident) could that have possibly affected insulin absorption (i.e could it have been 'stuck' in the lump and released later?)
We called the vet and they said very rarely the pancreas starts to produce more insulin so it could possibly be that.
That night we gave no insulin and in the morning he was in the 400's.
Since then we've been slowly working our way back up to 15. We're now at 13 units and his sugars in the evening before eating are low 200's and a big higher than that in the AM. so it seems we'll go up to 14 and probably back to 15.
Can anyone help to explain the low? How / why? I'm so worried because we work all day and just by the grace of god we were working at home that day. If we weren't, I don't know the outcome.
thanks
He eats and gets his injections at 6am and 6pm every day.
Last Wednesday, at 4:30pm (10.5 hours after eating) he went low (VERY low, 24 according to the alpha trak II reading). He was shaking and could not move. We gave him honey/food, and got his sugar back up but i'm curious, why would his blood sugar go so low , so far after feeding? In all our curves his low point is about 4 hours after eating.. this was 10.5 hours later.
I did notice that my dog developed a fatty lump on his back. I'm wondering if he was injected into the lump (by accident) could that have possibly affected insulin absorption (i.e could it have been 'stuck' in the lump and released later?)
We called the vet and they said very rarely the pancreas starts to produce more insulin so it could possibly be that.
That night we gave no insulin and in the morning he was in the 400's.
Since then we've been slowly working our way back up to 15. We're now at 13 units and his sugars in the evening before eating are low 200's and a big higher than that in the AM. so it seems we'll go up to 14 and probably back to 15.
Can anyone help to explain the low? How / why? I'm so worried because we work all day and just by the grace of god we were working at home that day. If we weren't, I don't know the outcome.
thanks
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