Need answers about blood glucose levels

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Hi all,

My question has to do with glucose levels. I just got a copy of the lab results run during Asher's hospital stay in January. Anyhow, I'm not concerned about much in terms of hs blood work - there are some lows and highs but they change over the course of his inpatient stay, but... Asher's blood glucose levels are consistently higher than the reference range. The norms for his age are: 70-104 and Asher ran 121 on Jan. 18th (that was when we were in the emergency room - no IV's had been started yet, so he had no glucose/dextrose; in addition, he'd been vomiting off and on for the 4 or 5 days before that day and was just getting Pedialyte and throwing at least some of that up); Asher ran a 123 on Jan 19th and a 124 on Jan 21st. No glucose in his urine so that's good.

Isn't it typically that these kids blood sugars drop during illness? Anybody have the opposite happen? I know these levels aren't horribly high, but it makes me wonder if something is beginning (always the worry in these kids).

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Anne R - mom to Asher (Complex III defect, partial Complex I defect)