We're new to this forum and I must say, since Daisy was diagnosed with diabetes January 20, I think I've read every thread on here trying to educate myself. A big thank you to all of you for your trials, insight and suggestions. You are all wonderful.
Daisy is a 7 1/2 year old miniature schnauzer. When first diagnosed, the vet started her on Vetsulin 3cc 2x daily. She kept on rebounding at night and her levels kept going up. I couldn't get her anywhere near regulated. I did a curve on her (561 highest and 386 lowest) and took her back to the vet and she changed her over to Novolin N 3 cc 2x daily. I'm upping her by 1/2 units and we are at 5 today. So far the afternoon numbers are coming down, but morning levels are still high. We had 325 this afternoon, down from around 600 this morning. This is scary stuff.
My prayer is the Novolin N works.
The vet originally put Daisy on the Royal Canin glucose dog food, which I don't think helped. I am now making Ruby's Stewbie and feeding her 1 cup twice daily, along with 1/4 cup chicken. She's at 24.6lb from 27lb since January. The vet wants her around 18lb.
I don't understand why she is spiking in the morning, so I'm trying to adjust her dinner to 1/2 c Stewbie and 1/2 c chicken. Not sure at this point whether I need to adjust the night dose a little higher or lower. I'm so paranoid I keep corn syrup on my nightstand and periodically wake up at night and poke her to make sure she's okay. I'll do another curve on her in a few days to see where we're at. Again, very scary.
I've been using the Alphatrac2 but have ordered the Advocate monitor as I'm spending a small fortune in strips for the Alphatrac. I'll most likely use both.
I put a warm washcloth on Daisy's ear, she actually likes it, then use a Relion 26 gauge lancet. I say "Click!" when I pop the little trigger in her ear and she just looks at me like "really?". After the beep she hightails it in to the kitchen and stands by her dish waiting for her food. She's a really good eater and I have no problems giving her her insulin, although she will give me a dirty look if the insulin is too cold. I'm learning and trying not to be a nervous wreck through all this.
Thank you again for all the good information on this blog and any insight to what I'm doing wrong will be greatly appreciated.
Daisy is a 7 1/2 year old miniature schnauzer. When first diagnosed, the vet started her on Vetsulin 3cc 2x daily. She kept on rebounding at night and her levels kept going up. I couldn't get her anywhere near regulated. I did a curve on her (561 highest and 386 lowest) and took her back to the vet and she changed her over to Novolin N 3 cc 2x daily. I'm upping her by 1/2 units and we are at 5 today. So far the afternoon numbers are coming down, but morning levels are still high. We had 325 this afternoon, down from around 600 this morning. This is scary stuff.
My prayer is the Novolin N works.
The vet originally put Daisy on the Royal Canin glucose dog food, which I don't think helped. I am now making Ruby's Stewbie and feeding her 1 cup twice daily, along with 1/4 cup chicken. She's at 24.6lb from 27lb since January. The vet wants her around 18lb.
I don't understand why she is spiking in the morning, so I'm trying to adjust her dinner to 1/2 c Stewbie and 1/2 c chicken. Not sure at this point whether I need to adjust the night dose a little higher or lower. I'm so paranoid I keep corn syrup on my nightstand and periodically wake up at night and poke her to make sure she's okay. I'll do another curve on her in a few days to see where we're at. Again, very scary.
I've been using the Alphatrac2 but have ordered the Advocate monitor as I'm spending a small fortune in strips for the Alphatrac. I'll most likely use both.
I put a warm washcloth on Daisy's ear, she actually likes it, then use a Relion 26 gauge lancet. I say "Click!" when I pop the little trigger in her ear and she just looks at me like "really?". After the beep she hightails it in to the kitchen and stands by her dish waiting for her food. She's a really good eater and I have no problems giving her her insulin, although she will give me a dirty look if the insulin is too cold. I'm learning and trying not to be a nervous wreck through all this.
Thank you again for all the good information on this blog and any insight to what I'm doing wrong will be greatly appreciated.
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