I had track practice that day and was fairly active so I tested after to see where I was at - 214. This was frustrating so I went back and made sure I counted carbs correctly for lunch and after recounting three times I did so I did a correction. Pre-dinner then I was 202. In my mind I was thinking, "What the heck is going on?" I was over my illness, still on the antibiotic but it didn't make sense to me. Post dinner I was 186 and at least happy to be under 200.
Before bed I tested several times while giving small corrections. I couldn't get under 200 and was questioning changing my site. Bedtime I was 177 so I thought things were getting back to normal although my site was bothersome, it was hurting a little. At 3:00 am I wake for my check feeling awful, I check and I am 325. I was very confused, pissed off and not sure what to do. Should I do a correction or site change? I didn't do a site change because I didn't know if I would be able to get up and test an hour or so later. A small correction (one unit) was the way I went. Unfortunately I could not get back to sleep as when I get high I usually don't feel well and the cotton mouth I feel is the worst. I struggled in bed for a while and eventually feel asleep.
On Wednesday morning I test and I am 355. I freak out. I decide before anything t change sites and do a bolus. I pick a new site and bolus to correct my blood sugar. After I do that I realize I should check for keytones. Keytones come back moderate and now the panic turns into a serious panic. I start guzzling water, checking my blood sugar every half hour and checking keytones as well. Initially the blood sugar starts to drop (319) then goes higher than where it was (371) I listen to the pump and bolus more but fear over correcting. Keytones are a least starting to correct to small. I call the nurse at my doctors office as they just open. I keep checking and wonder if my pump is having a problem as I it is taking what seems like forever to come back to reality. Here are the times and numbers through the morning:
7:25 am 319
7:52 am 371 Keytones still Moderate
8:23 am 373 Correction Bolus
9:18 am 273 Correction Bolus, Keytones Small
9:45 am 273 Correction Bolus
10:15 am 246 Keytones down to a trace
10:49 am 171 Keytones Negative
11:50 am Pre Lunch 101
FINALLY! Back to normal, now just waiting for the crash. Meanwhile I put my daughter down for a nap and jump in the shower. The phone rings, thinking it is the Doctor I get out of the shower with soapy hair and face and search for the phone - it is not the doctor but wife finding out what is going on as Tornado Sirens are going off. I get as dried as I can scoop up my daughter and get to my basement and check the weather. Unfortunately this storm was moving fast, maybe even faster than the sirens. Fortunately there were no tornadoes. So I get my daughter back to bed an wait for the doctor's office to call.
Then finally call and confirm that I had a bad site. I apparently did alright handling it, should have checked for keytones before changing the site but I was in crazy mode at that point and just wanted to get a correction right away. We made a small basal rate change to my 10 am and bumped it up to 0.7 and my 4 am to 0.9.
Having my confidence shaken I am back to unsure about this a bit, but it turns out bad sites happen and since that time for the next few days I did very, very, very well. Through Saturday of that week I had one high over 200 which was totally my greedy eating fault. and a few lows that I just had a small snack to correct. Things are going well at least until the next site change Saturday morning.
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