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Thursday
Aug162007

Day One: 2:59 pm... Arrived at home with Lunch

We’re home and have lunch with us.  Arden was acting strange in the car so I’m going to check her BG before she eats.  By acting strange I mean she was getting upset about her haircut that we have scheduled for 4:30 today.  

2:59pm...  Arden’s BG was 75 right when the insulin was peaking.  What that means is the little bit of food she had in the car saved us from her being at 50.  At 75 I have about 5 minutes to get her BG up at least 20 points because the insulin is dragging her lower and at it’s quickest.  If I hadn't been aware of what was happening Arden would have seized in about 15 to 20 minutes.  All because I made a 20 minute unscheduled stop.  I thought that a juice she had on the way would buy me more time then it did.  

3:01pm... Arden was hungry and she was eating so I let her eat and hoped that it would be enough to keep her BG from dipping any lower.  I tested her again at 3:14 and she was 79.  The food held her but wasn’t bringing her up and the peak was here.  She told me she couldn’t eat anymore because her head was shaking (some times she says her face is wiggling), shaking head or wiggling face she’s tanking and I’m out of time so I ran through all of the foods with Arden that she could have but it’s too late...  She’s now upset and agitated and beyond reasoning with.  It’s time for Strawberry Syrup.  The syrup goes down easy and brings her up very fast!  But it’s going to be a struggle...

3:22...  Test again, she is 87... I’m winning.  Can’t get her to take any more syrup besides she say’s she is feeling better.  So I’ll wait a few minutes and test her again.

3:26... she is 100 and the peak is over.  We aren’t done yet but definitely out of trouble.  The insulin is still going to drag her down a bit (maybe 15-20 points) over the next hour.  Her hunger is back now that she isn’t low but now she doesn’t want the food she wanted before.  I have 20 minutes to get her to eat before we have to leave for her haircut.  

Arden is in good spirits and eating a donut... Which will undoubtedly send her BG too high.  

I set the video camera on a desk while I was getting Arden stable. Be warned it’s going to be shocking to anyone that has never seen a diabetic child go low. The video is at this link.

 

Thursday
Aug162007

Day One: 1:30pm at the Dentist Office

I checked Arden’s BG at the dentist office at 1:30 pm she was 259.  She got one unit of Novolog to cover the high (259) and lunch that I knew/thought she’d be eating at 2:30. We made one unscheduled stop on the way to lunch that took me 20 minutes off of my schedule.  When we got home with the food...

Thursday
Aug162007

Day One: 12:11 pm... Getting out the door

This update will include a few things....


I actually got to take a shower and shave!!!  Believe it or not the tortilla chips afforded me the peace of mind to get in the shower during her Novolog.  I’d never get a shower during the 3 hour cycle of the Novolog normally.  

The Bag... Cole has a dentist appointment in 45 minutes so I have to “pack the bag”.  Those words you hear in our house every time we go out.  “Did you pack the bag”... “Let’s go, I packed the bag”... “is the bag packed we have to go”.  That bag is omnipresent. The bag has Arden’s meter, test strips, lancets, the lance, Novolog, Levemir, at least 10 syringes, alcohol wipes, an emergency glucagon kit   (wait till you find out what that is),  fast acting glucose, glucose tabs, chips, cookies, candy, juice, & gum.

BG Check... It’s 12:30 pm, time to test her BG again.  Even if it wasn’t time I wouldn’t leave the house without knowing what it was.  So after all of that Arden’s BG is 236 three hours later.  Not good but not bad considering she had waffles and snacked just 30 minutes ago.  We have to leave for the dentist now.   The appointment is at 1 pm and will be over before 2 pm.  We’ll have lunch immediately after that.  So I’m probably going to give Arden a half of a unit of Novolog at the dentist office (I’ll test her there again).  She’ll probably be lower by then even though the makers of Levemir say it doesn’t drag BG down but keeps it stable.  However, that just isn’t our finding.  You’ll see a good example of that tonight.  

To Do... So dentist in 30 minutes, lunch, Arden has a haircut at 4:30 and we need to replace those yucky bananas she talked about on the video.  I need to get these things done and be home making dinner by 6 pm at the latest.  I don’t want to give Arden a Novolog shot much later then that or I’ll be up all night waiting for it to peak.  Got to go!

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Maria - Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 03:12 PM

This is unbelievable.

Thursday
Aug162007

Day One: 11:33 am... Cole wanted a snack

Arden and Cole

Well 19 minutes later and an issue has come up.  It’s something we all take for granted... Cole got hungry and wanted a snack.  Now Arden is eating again.  This means my dream of a BG around 160 in an hour is shot.  I now have to watch how many tortilla chips Arden eats so I can factor them into her next shot.  

I can’t give her insulin now to cover them for a few reasons. 1. I don’t like to give insulin on top of insulin if I can help it. 2. She could change her mind and stop eating the chips.  3. She’s about to get a bath and as odd as it sounds her BG always goes down when she gets a bath. 

So Cole wanting a snack is a giant obstacle in my day.  It’s also why I eat standing at the counter in the kitchen with my back to Arden (I usually pretend to be cleaning).  

Fun Fact:  Complex carbohydrates bring Arden’s BG up slower but farther then a simple Carb does.  Also sometimes a simple carbohydrate drives her BG up quickly but then plummets again.  You only need to over correct for one simple carb high to learn that lesson. 

Thursday
Aug162007

Day One: 11:14 am BG check

Time for another BG check.  You recall I wanted to check Arden at 1 hour and 40 minutes  because the Novolog peaks at 2 hours.  Arden’s BG was 229 at the 1hr 40 min mark.  It will drop quickly over the next 20 minutes.  I’m expecting it to be around 180 at the 2 hour mark and if she doesn’t eat or drink over the next hour to settle at about 160.  It’s important to note that she easily could have decided not to eat and we could be in a much different situation right now.  Had she not eaten I think her BG would have been less then 100 and we be in a crisis mode getting Arden to take in carbs before the Novolog peaked.  This went very good!

 Arden getting tested

We’ll be checking again in an 1hr and 20 minutes to be sure...  See you then.