Saturday Night

September 23, 2007

Hi guys,

I've been in Norhern Virginia for about 3 1/2 years now and am still on

disability. Most importantly, Sprycel has brought me down to 0 just flat out

zero. BUT, this is a rough place to have a peaceful life to plan for the future

and to just find a job. I've been harassed by one of the locals tonight -- all

night. My computer has been hacked into and I can't find anyone around to help

me. You would think that SOMEONE would care that I'm being treated like a

criminal. So, I'm very upset. It's amazing what people can do with

electronics.

Hope your night is better than mine.

L

January 19, 2009

Don't you love diabetic lows AND incorrect meter readings? My son (he is 13 and

a type 1 diabetic) that suffered a diabetic seizure, or what they say was

diabetic seizure, and his blood sugar measured 95 for me, 75 for the paramedics,

and 83 at the hospital. There is the debate of whether it was even diabetic

related. 75 is not really low. He has been 25 before and was alert, although

tremendously disoriented. What is even worse, as you mentioned, they get

combative, refuse care, etc. They don't seem to like that gel, I wish they

would reformulate it or they could get something that dissolves in the mouth

like those Listerine sheets.

Whenever we get a weird reading, we have to wipe down his fingers and try

again. That 25 that I mentioned was due to a faulty reading. He had a false

high and corrected him for it. Learned a good lesson that day.

Glad to hear Betty is doing well now! If BG is not regulated well, diabetics

have imbalances with Potassium and Magnesium in particular. The two times

Sebastian went into DKA those two were always low.

Shandi

From: Dennis W <betnden@...>

Subject: [ ] Saturday night

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Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 2:20 PM

About 11 pm Saturday night, Betty was getting ready to go to bed as

usual.

She had been hot and flushed, but suddenly started sweating. Then in a few

minutes of my giving her some iced tea, she put her glass down, having

trouble lining it up with the coaster. Then, she started turning loose of

the glass and gently waving her hand at and around the glass. She was also

incoherent, but tried to answered my questions. I figured it was another

diabetic coma starting, so I squeezed some gel in her mouth. She promptly

spit it out. I called for an ambulance, then called my daughter. She came

and checked her out and decided we needed to check her blood sugar. It was

just over 300, which was wrong to cause her condition. When the EMT's got

here, they checked and her blood sugar was only 70, and they checked it a

few times. I still had them take her to the ER. The first blood test at the

hospital had her at a 24! They had her talking by the time I got there, no

more than 45 minutes since she left the house.Lab tests showed that she was

low on potassium and sodium, so the standard bag was fed into her arm. She

stayed overnight and thankfully was released at about 1:00pm. I had stayed

with with her until about 4:00am and was back before 10:00am. The late long

night and the adrenalin flow had me going throughout the incident, but is

catching up with me today. At least she's with me now.

Dennis in eastexas

January 19, 2009

Sorry, Dennis! That's excitement that you and Betty don't need.

I hope you and Betty can get some good rest now and that you'll both

be feeling much better soon.

Not an MD

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Dennis W <betnden@...> wrote:

> About 11 pm Saturday night, Betty was getting ready to go to bed as usual.

> She had been hot and flushed, but suddenly started sweating. Then in a few

> minutes of my giving her some iced tea, she put her glass down, having

> trouble lining it up with the coaster. Then, she started turning loose of

> the glass and gently waving her hand at and around the glass. She was also

> incoherent, but tried to answered my questions. I figured it was another

> diabetic coma starting, so I squeezed some gel in her mouth. She promptly

> spit it out. I called for an ambulance, then called my daughter. She came

> and checked her out and decided we needed to check her blood sugar. It was

> just over 300, which was wrong to cause her condition. When the EMT's got

> here, they checked and her blood sugar was only 70, and they checked it a

> few times. I still had them take her to the ER. The first blood test at the

> hospital had her at a 24! They had her talking by the time I got there, no

> more than 45 minutes since she left the house.Lab tests showed that she was

> low on potassium and sodium, so the standard bag was fed into her arm. She

> stayed overnight and thankfully was released at about 1:00pm. I had stayed

> with with her until about 4:00am and was back before 10:00am. The late long

> night and the adrenalin flow had me going throughout the incident, but is

> catching up with me today. At least she's with me now.

>

> Dennis in eastexas

January 20, 2009

(((((Dennis & Betty))))) Goodness - that certainly was a scary time

for you! I am so happy to hear that Betty is better and home. Do they

know what caused all that to happen? Why her potassium and sodium were

so low all of a sudden? Why her blood sugar levels were so low? My

prayers are that you both are getting some much needed rest and

whatever caused all of this to happen won't happen again.....Doreen

>

> About 11 pm Saturday night, Betty was getting ready to go to bed as

> usual. She had been hot and flushed, but suddenly started sweating.

> Then in a few minutes of my giving her some iced tea, she put her

> glass down, having trouble lining it up with the coaster. Then, she

> started turning loose of the glass and gently waving her hand at

> and around the glass. She was also incoherent, but tried to

> answered my questions. I figured it was another diabetic coma

> starting, so I squeezed some gel in her mouth. She promptly

> spit it out. I called for an ambulance, then called my daughter.

> She came and checked her out and decided we needed to check her

> blood sugar. It was just over 300, which was wrong to cause her

> condition. When the EMT's got here, they checked and her blood

> sugar was only 70, and they checked it a few times. I still had

> them take her to the ER. The first blood test at the hospital had

> her at a 24! They had her talking by the time I got there, no

> more than 45 minutes since she left the house.Lab tests showed that

> she was low on potassium and sodium, so the standard bag was fed

> into her arm. She stayed overnight and thankfully was released at

> about 1:00pm. I had stayed with with her until about 4:00am and was

> back before 10:00am. The late long night and the adrenalin flow had

> me going throughout the incident, but is catching up with me today.

> At least she's with me now.

>

> Dennis in eastexas

January 20, 2009

Dennis,

I am so glad she is ok. I will keep her in my prayers

Heidibug

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Dennis W <betnden@...> wrote:

> About 11 pm Saturday night, Betty was getting ready to go to bed as

> usual.