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The endocrinologist made a few changes to Lu's regimen because her hemoglobin A1C had gone up .2 since our last quarter visit. Yesterday was the first day of the dose change and also her 3 hour cheer practice. I was a little nervous to give her the higher doses with breakfast, but didn't want her to spike before the 10:30 practice time. Her Lantus was increased from 9 units, to 10 units and her Novolog rate was increased from 1 unit for every 20 grams of carbohydrates, to 1 unit for every 15 grams of carbohydrates. I gave her the updated dose with breakfast at 7:30 and on the way to practice, checked her blood glucose levels. 258 at 10:15.....we are back to those post breakfast spikes where the insulin is taking a little longer to kick in. Practice immediately started with warm-up and practicing jumps. After about 20 minutes of that, they started tumbling and that lasted about 30 minutes. At 11:30, we did a recheck of her bg's and she was at 115. She had a snack, apple slices, peanut butter crackers and low-calorie Gatorade. They practiced their competition routine and around 1:00, she gave me 'the look', which I knew meant that she didn't feel good. Re-check, bg's 62. Quick juice and a snack and the timing was good because the team decided to take a break. 10 minutes later,she perked right back up and finished practice with energy left over.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Changes
The endocrinologist made a few changes to Lu's regimen because her hemoglobin A1C had gone up .2 since our last quarter visit. Yesterday was the first day of the dose change and also her 3 hour cheer practice. I was a little nervous to give her the higher doses with breakfast, but didn't want her to spike before the 10:30 practice time. Her Lantus was increased from 9 units, to 10 units and her Novolog rate was increased from 1 unit for every 20 grams of carbohydrates, to 1 unit for every 15 grams of carbohydrates. I gave her the updated dose with breakfast at 7:30 and on the way to practice, checked her blood glucose levels. 258 at 10:15.....we are back to those post breakfast spikes where the insulin is taking a little longer to kick in. Practice immediately started with warm-up and practicing jumps. After about 20 minutes of that, they started tumbling and that lasted about 30 minutes. At 11:30, we did a recheck of her bg's and she was at 115. She had a snack, apple slices, peanut butter crackers and low-calorie Gatorade. They practiced their competition routine and around 1:00, she gave me 'the look', which I knew meant that she didn't feel good. Re-check, bg's 62. Quick juice and a snack and the timing was good because the team decided to take a break. 10 minutes later,she perked right back up and finished practice with energy left over.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Mother of the Year
I do not know what has been wrong with me this week. Maybe my brain fog has been caused by the leftovers of my sinus infection last week or from my new diet I started this week?? Or maybe its because I've been scrambling around getting everything in before the deadline for my new school that I will be attending in the fall. It's been an interesting week for sure.... I hit my oldest son's truck pulling out of my driveway, I got stung by a bee, I did something to my hand....and then the winner this morning....
My son Jamon rides to school with a friend, so I drop him off on the way to Lu's school. As I pull out of their driveway, it hits me, Alyssa didn't get her insulin! Really? Like she hasn't been getting insulin every morning for the past year and a half? The injections were made, it just totally slipped my mind.... I whipped the car around and headed back towards the house....arguing with my self. How could you forget? Remember, you are human. Alyssa gets two injections in the morning, Lantus (a slow release insulin) and her quick-acting insulin, Novolog. Normally, she checks her BG and I go ahead and give her the injections before she eats. This morning though, her bg was 86, and because the Novolog usually drops her sugar pretty quickly, I decided I would wait until she had eaten her breakfast to give her the injections. I'm apparently not good with a change in protocol. Ahh the anxiety...
Anyway, we rushed home and I quickly gave her injections and we were back on the road to school. And, we made it on time! Hopefully there are not too many more mornings like this...not good for my inner control freak!
My son Jamon rides to school with a friend, so I drop him off on the way to Lu's school. As I pull out of their driveway, it hits me, Alyssa didn't get her insulin! Really? Like she hasn't been getting insulin every morning for the past year and a half? The injections were made, it just totally slipped my mind.... I whipped the car around and headed back towards the house....arguing with my self. How could you forget? Remember, you are human. Alyssa gets two injections in the morning, Lantus (a slow release insulin) and her quick-acting insulin, Novolog. Normally, she checks her BG and I go ahead and give her the injections before she eats. This morning though, her bg was 86, and because the Novolog usually drops her sugar pretty quickly, I decided I would wait until she had eaten her breakfast to give her the injections. I'm apparently not good with a change in protocol. Ahh the anxiety...
Anyway, we rushed home and I quickly gave her injections and we were back on the road to school. And, we made it on time! Hopefully there are not too many more mornings like this...not good for my inner control freak!
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