Re: Regulating Bailey
Goodness how time flies! Well, Bailey seems to be back to his normal dose of 15 units of protaphane and 4 units of Humalog after he changed from 4 drops of pred forte per day to 2. Initially he went quite low but now he seems to be back to what it was before changing to 2 drops meaning I need to give him 15 units again to bring his levels down. Also recent curves have not been good, I am getting some more insulin today as after 28 days it really does seem to lose effectiveness. Even after 2-3 days past 28.
I would of thought the levels would of stayed the same after stopping the morning eye drops (meaning less insulin to bring him down) but it seems not.
Apart from that he is ok I think. He seems to be having trouble coming down the stairs, he is ok with the first 2-3 then he jumps the rest onto the floor and lands (mostly!) ok. I am not sure why he has started doing this. There is only 4 steps in total. He walks ok, runs up the hills with me and jumps up onto me with his paws on my thighs so not sure if he has a sore back, legs or just wants to come down the stairs differently!! I have phoned the vet to get some advice and may need to take him in for a checkup.
Hope everyone is well.
Geoff
Goodness how time flies! Well, Bailey seems to be back to his normal dose of 15 units of protaphane and 4 units of Humalog after he changed from 4 drops of pred forte per day to 2. Initially he went quite low but now he seems to be back to what it was before changing to 2 drops meaning I need to give him 15 units again to bring his levels down. Also recent curves have not been good, I am getting some more insulin today as after 28 days it really does seem to lose effectiveness. Even after 2-3 days past 28.
I would of thought the levels would of stayed the same after stopping the morning eye drops (meaning less insulin to bring him down) but it seems not.
Apart from that he is ok I think. He seems to be having trouble coming down the stairs, he is ok with the first 2-3 then he jumps the rest onto the floor and lands (mostly!) ok. I am not sure why he has started doing this. There is only 4 steps in total. He walks ok, runs up the hills with me and jumps up onto me with his paws on my thighs so not sure if he has a sore back, legs or just wants to come down the stairs differently!! I have phoned the vet to get some advice and may need to take him in for a checkup.
Hope everyone is well.
Geoff
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