2nd Glucose Curve

We went in for our 2nd curve on her this week hoping it would be our last. Not that she minds it so much, they say she is pretty relaxed and they give her a blanket, water, and a high kennel to keep an eye on everybody and she is good to go. But I suppose I feel like every time we have to come back I feel like I have failed somehow. That I was unable to get her glucose levels down enough. While we did drop significantly this time, we do have to go back one more time. She was about 200 points lower than when we started (she was at 650 last time and 450 this morning) and stayed there pretty much all day long. There was only one point when she went down to 350 but stayed at 450 all day long. Which is good that she is so stable and her glucose levels aren't spiking up and down all day, but we want to get her about another 200 points down.

We will get there, baby girl.

Glucose curve

Yesterday we took Kita in for her glucose curve testing. It was an 11 hour appointment, so I dropped her off after work, went home to shower and change then we went to pick her up. They had us bring her in before she ate or got her morning shot so we could have the first sample drawn and then she got a sample drawn and tested every two hours after that. The glucose curve basically gives us an idea of if the dose we are using for the insulin is working and gives you a rough idea of how much to go to next. Also, its nice because it tracks the glucose levels throughout the day and so you know when her lowest points are (typically afternoon time). After seeing her chart the doctor said it needs to go lower by about 200 points (we are in the mid-400s during the afternoon right now). So we are upping it by one unit of insulin every dosage. We are going back for another curve in about a month.

Luckily, they said she was a very good girl during the visit. They put her in a high up kennel so she could watch everyone and she LOVES people watching. They said she was just hanging out and watching everyone and watching some other dogs get their dental work done (which will be our next mission after we get her glucose levels more stabilized. But the doctor said she has lost three pounds and is very happy and healthy looking other than the glucose levels! Small victories make all the difference right now.