So the summer has just been out of control and so has Cara's blood sugar. She is high, high and high. I think that she is averaging in the low 20's for the last little while. As I try to read all my other D bloggers blogs I see that many of you are having the same difficulty as we are. Is it the sun, heat or just the excitement of the summer time? Our clinic told us to watch for lows during the summer because of her activity level not highs! Boy O Boy
Another common theme I see is high ketones and I have a question, does everyone check for ketones on a daily basis? I'm not sure if this is a Canadian thing or just something my clinic says, but we were told that we do not have to check ketones everyday. Only on sick days do we check them. Our diabetes clinic said that if she drinks fluids through out the day and she is not sick there is no need to check ketones "you have enough things to do and check during the day" they told us. So we have not checked Cara's ketones once since she has been diagnosed (Feb 09). Another side note about ketones, my 7 year old son Connor was just hospitalized recently with a virus and he was very dehydrated (he is fine now) and I over heard the nurse talking on the phone to another nurse and he had ketones present in his system and he is not diabetic.
So we are not doing anything special for the summer, we have no special vacation planned. We are just trying to get our house in order (moving rooms around, painting, re- doing floors) and we are all just hanging out. I'm trying desperately to keep 6 children entertained all day every day! My husband has started a new business recently and it seems like it is just me and the kids most of the time now. I'm so tired by the end of the day I go straight to bed with no blogging time. So I hope everyone is having a wonderful and safe summer! :) I will try to keep better taps on everyone because it is truly a wonderful stress release to blog and to read all other blogs. Knowing that there are other people going through what you are and being able to share with people who understand what you are going through is really amazing! Thanks for reading and thanks for blogging .... until next blog time!
p.s. without blogging poor facebook gets updates like this: Nicole
4 comments:
We were told to check ketones any time Elise is over 250 (Which is 13.8 mmol). It's funny how so many people are going through the same stuff right now. I wonder if it's something in the air?
I just saw your comment on my post and left you a question in response. I'd love to hear your answer when you have some time.
We have bounced all over the place this summer! More problems with bad lows than anything, though. But- even though she had a lot of really bad lows- her 30 day average was still 170. It's in range for her, but I would like to see it closer to 150.
We only check for ketones if she is over 300 twice in a row. I'm not always that great about it- especially if I know why she's high. I check like crazy if I think she's sick or getting sick, though. I don't always check blood ketones, either- I use the ketone urine strips more often- much cheaper.
I think summer can just get crazy- and diabetes just doesn't DO crazy!
Thanks for the fast responses ladies!
WOW it is funny to compare what doctors tell us moms because we are told that Cara's BG# should be in around 5 to mid teens (90-250). 6 and 7 (100-126) are ideal and mid teens are fine! Cara's BG is in the 13's a lot!!
lol...OMG I just about had a heart attack when you said she was averaging in the low 20's for the last little while!...I didn't even realize you were "talking" Canadian!
Anyhow, we check Alivia anytime she's over 300 and or acting sick.
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