So Caninsulin given twice a day approximately 12 hours apart â can be 1 hour either way, but reduce the NEXT dose by half if it is more than 2 hours late. It is OK to skip one dose of insulin a week â so owners can have Saturday night off â because it takes a while for the cat to develop ketosis without the insulin. The same is true for Glargine, and it is especially important to reduce the next dose if it is closer together than 10 hours.
ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS. An altered state of consciousness is a brain state wherein one loses the sense of identity with one's body or with one's normal sense perceptions. A person may enter an altered state of consciousness through such things as sensory deprivation or overload, neurochemical imbalance, fever, or trauma. One may also achieve an altered state by chanting, meditating, entering a trance state, or ingesting psychedelic drugs.
A mildly depressed level of consciousness or alertness may be classed as lethargy; someone in this state can be aroused with little difficulty. People who are obtunded have a more depressed level of consciousness and cannot be fully aroused. Those who are not able to be aroused from a sleep-like state are said to be stuporous. Coma is the inability to make any purposeful response.