Trying something new with Samuel. We haven't used an insulin pen in about 9 years and honestly I'm pretty opposed to them for super-low doses (due to inconsistencies when tested). With that said, I'm looking for an easier way to dose insulin while we're out. But I also need to be able to fine-tune doses, especially correction doses.
1) I color coded our pens with tape to match our home color coding system to keep things consistent.
2) The Novolin-R Flex pen can only dose in 1 unit increments (boo!), but Samuel often only needs 1.5 units so I diluted our pen to a 1:1 ratio so I can dose in half unit increments now.
3) A typical correction for Samuel is anywhere between 0.4 - 0.8 units so I diluted a Novolog pen to a 4:1 ratio so I can dose in 0.1 unit increments.
4) On the insulins that I diluted, I marked it as "diluted" on the outside of the pen and on the inside when you take the cap off just as an extra precaution.
And FYI, the Frio Duo cooler bag says it holds 2 pens, but 3 fit pretty well. Not sure I like the Frio so I have another small pen holder on the way to try also.
Where there's a will, there's a way, right?
