More OmniPods for more recovery, and a Pod Placement Lesson

Buddy had a couple of high blood sugar events last night and this morning (probably due to stress), and I decided to put him back on a closed loop with Omnipods for another week or so of very tight blood sugar control, to give more of his beta cells an opportunity to recover.

I used Omnipod DASH this time, and mixed a new batch of U-10 Insulin for him (9 parts diluent, 1 part insulin).

Well, I ended up using two pods … the first one I placed with the canola toward his head. This made the cannula accessible to his grooming tongue, and he soon pulled the cannula out. FIASP insulin stings a bit, and maybe he reacted to that, or he just did what cats do, and groomed himself.

Here is a picture of the first placement:

In the picture above, the Omnipod is placed with the cannula (behind the little dark “window” in the OmniPod) toward his head – and in easy reach of his grooming tongue.

Below: The new pod is placed with the cannula toward his tail end. Buddy is less likely to reach the area where the cannula is with his tongue.