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Caitlin update
Jan. 18th, 2010 10:04 pmWell, they want us to give her a half-unit of insulin twice a day. Pfft. Before the hypoglycemic seizure episode, we'd been giving her a full unit of insulin in the mornings, and she was doing just fine. In hindsight, it's pretty clear (at least to us, if not the vet) that she had the episode because, even though she'd barely been eating, I kept giving her a full unit of insulin every day. Without enough food in her system to properly metabolize the insulin, her sugar levels dropped, and she had the seizure.
And now they're trying to guilt me about not doing the glucose readings twice a day. Well, if she didn't weigh thirteen pounds and if she didn't squirm and cry and fight me every time, I might be able to do the readings myself, but since that's not the case, I can only do the glucose readings when hubby is around. Which means evenings during the week, and twice a day Sat/Sun. So now they're all "well, if you feel you're unable to...".
She was doing just fine on one unit, in the mornings. I can give her the shot myself, she doesn't try to fight me (it's given subcutaneously between her shoulder blades, so not being able to "see it coming" helps her in that respect). So I think I'm going to keep giving her that dose. The problem with trying to give her a half unit is that the syringes we use go up to something like 30 units, which means that one unit is waaay down there near the base of the needle. Divide that in half, and I can't tell if there's any (clear) insulin in the syringe at all, or if I've drawn up nothing more than an air bubble.
At least they're willing to concede we might actually be smart enough to do the glucose readings ourselves. But this whole situation would be a lot less frustrating if they didn't try to give me little jabs (no pun intended) about "well, if you feel you're unable" to do whatever.
And now they're trying to guilt me about not doing the glucose readings twice a day. Well, if she didn't weigh thirteen pounds and if she didn't squirm and cry and fight me every time, I might be able to do the readings myself, but since that's not the case, I can only do the glucose readings when hubby is around. Which means evenings during the week, and twice a day Sat/Sun. So now they're all "well, if you feel you're unable to...".
She was doing just fine on one unit, in the mornings. I can give her the shot myself, she doesn't try to fight me (it's given subcutaneously between her shoulder blades, so not being able to "see it coming" helps her in that respect). So I think I'm going to keep giving her that dose. The problem with trying to give her a half unit is that the syringes we use go up to something like 30 units, which means that one unit is waaay down there near the base of the needle. Divide that in half, and I can't tell if there's any (clear) insulin in the syringe at all, or if I've drawn up nothing more than an air bubble.
At least they're willing to concede we might actually be smart enough to do the glucose readings ourselves. But this whole situation would be a lot less frustrating if they didn't try to give me little jabs (no pun intended) about "well, if you feel you're unable" to do whatever.
