We had our very first gusher during site change last night.
What is a gusher? Well, the online dictionary would define it as
gush·er/ˈgəSHər/
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Recently site changes have been a wonderful experience, well not wonderful but 1000 X's better now that we have made the switch to the Mio sets. Cara is comfortable, she in not freaked out at all and there is very little crying and NO more screaming. Site changes are so MUCH easier and less stressful. I'm just hoping what happened last night does not change that.
Last night we hit "oil" ok not oil but we did have a gusher. All I have to say is thank goodness other PWDs have shared their gusher experiences or I would have been totally freaking out right along side of Cara.
I was sitting on the couch and the second I pulled the site a great big drop of blood began to get bigger and bigger and bigger. As soon as I saw it I said to my husband "I think we have a gusher go get a paper towel". He slowly got up from his side of the couch and I began to yell "HELLO...I NEED SOMETHING NOW" My husband really had NO idea what a gusher was and why I was in such a hurry. As he quickly (slow as hell) ran for a paper towel the blood began to run down Cara's bum onto the back of her pants. I could not believe that amount of blood and the speed at which it was spilling out of the little area that once Cara's site was.
Once I had the paper towel in hand I folded it up 3 X's the blood just soaked it's way through it so quickly I really began to panic. Poor Cara had no idea why she was bleeding as many of your know blood is not usually a part of site change. As she became more anxious I told her it will only stop bleeding if you settle down. If your heart is beating fast your blood will pump more and more blood will come out. As she placed her hand on her heart she looked at me and said "I really hate diabetes".
The bleeding did stop, we placed a band-aid on the spot and she cuddled with her dad for about 30 minutes until she was ready to go to bed.
Almost 3 years living with diabetes and we are still running into new adventures...Boy-O-Boy when will the fun stop ;)
The aftermath of the gusher.
8 comments:
I hate it when that happens. It is like you put the site directly into your heart they bleed so much and for so long.
My first gusher happened when I still lived at home. Where my mom has white carpet. I was changing my site in my bedroom and the blood just started pouring. I yelled for my mom to get me a paper towel. She yelled back to ask why I couldn't get it. I told her it was because I was holding all the blood in my hand (it was cupped under my site). She could not believe it when she saw how much it was.
I mostly change my site in the shower now - just in case.
Sorry. : ( I don't think you ever get over all the junk that comes with it, it sux period. Hope Cara is feeling better. All that stress can raise her blood sugar too! : /
UGH that would definitely send me into a panic! Glad to hear all turned out ok, poor girl!
yikes, we haven't had one yet...and i am hoping maybe we'll be spared that experience. Glad Cara didn't freak, or you didn't I think that might have caused some panic for me for sure.
Here's to smooth site changes the rest of the week :)
That freaks me out! I'm glad to know this is normal for whenever we are on a pump.
I so understand about the husband getting up slowly too. Natalie said she was low the other day and he went in the kitchen to get her meter and first rinsed off a dish or two. Well, I grabbed the meter and checked her and was giving her sugar by the time he came back in the room asking where her meter was. What are they thinking sometimes??
We have still never hit a gusher; boy, does that sound scarey. Hope it did not hurt Cara too much. I am prepared, though, thanks to you and other bloggers. Wonder if certain locations on the body have more blood vessels, therefore this more likely to occur? It does sound traumatising.
aw man, sorry about the gusher. luckily for us, when we had our pump class there were two parents of CWD that were also PWD so they had a lot of good advice, one of which was "don't be surprised if you take a site out and you are met with a VOLCANO OF BLOOD". hilarious and insane, but we were glad to have the warning.
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