Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

[Guest guest]

YES!!!! A BS of 44 is way too low for any child. Dr H wants kept

between 80-120. The Drs here will let him go as low as 60, but 44 is in the

danger zone. I would offer her some room temp Gatorade and test her again in

1/2 an hour. If she continues to run low, I would take her into the ER, and

have her placed on a D10 IV to help her maintain her BS.

Hope this helps.

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 4 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)

[Guest guest]

How do you know when there blood sugar is low?

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

YES!!!! A BS of 44 is way too low for any child. Dr H wants kept

between 80-120. The Drs here will let him go as low as 60, but 44 is in the

danger zone. I would offer her some room temp Gatorade and test her again in

1/2 an hour. If she continues to run low, I would take her into the ER, and

have her placed on a D10 IV to help her maintain her BS.

Hope this helps.

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 4 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)

[Guest guest]

Mine starts to get tired an uninterested in everything, then she has the stamina

of a limp wet rag, staring in space. Occasionally, she will tell she doesn't

feel good an will lie down with me, but usually, I have to watch her behavior.

-mom to Mercedes

jamie xxxx wrote:

How do you know when there blood sugar is low?

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

YES!!!! A BS of 44 is way too low for any child. Dr H wants kept

between 80-120. The Drs here will let him go as low as 60, but 44 is in the

danger zone. I would offer her some room temp Gatorade and test her again in

1/2 an hour. If she continues to run low, I would take her into the ER, and

have her placed on a D10 IV to help her maintain her BS.

Hope this helps.

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 4 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)

[Guest guest]

I can not belive all this time tori may have had problems with her blood sugar,

She does that when she is sick or is very worn out.So tell me how do I get this

cked out? Now Iam concerned had no Idea that it could be BS or anything to do

with rss.

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

YES!!!! A BS of 44 is way too low for any child. Dr H wants kept

between 80-120. The Drs here will let him go as low as 60, but 44 is in the

danger zone. I would offer her some room temp Gatorade and test her again in

1/2 an hour. If she continues to run low, I would take her into the ER, and

have her placed on a D10 IV to help her maintain her BS.

Hope this helps.

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 4 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)

[Guest guest]

hey jamie!!

you need to get an accu check machine. they sell them at the drug

stores and walmart.

jodie c

[Guest guest]

Will it hurt her?

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

hey jamie!!

you need to get an accu check machine. they sell them at the drug

stores and walmart.

jodie c

[Guest guest]

Is there a way the Dr's can see if she has it?

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

hey jamie!!

you need to get an accu check machine. they sell them at the drug

stores and walmart.

jodie c

[Guest guest]

not really, you use a little lancet that pokes her finger so you can

get some blood to do the test.

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[Guest guest]

yes they can do a blood glucose test. but there are times where you

may need to check for your self on a daily basis

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> hey jamie!!

> you need to get an accu check machine. they sell them at the drug

> stores and walmart.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

As Jodie said, you need a glucometer. The device itself isn't all that

expensive, but the test strips are.

has been having his BS tested since about a year of age. It didn't

take long for him to learn how to press the button that pops the lancet into

his finger. Having some control over the situation helped him deal with it

well. We have to test him a minimum of twice a day. It is a slight pinch,

but it doesn't affect at all anymore, and at 3.5 yrs old, he can

almost do the entire thing himself now! The only thing he can't do is read

the numbers! LOL

When is sick, his BS is tested much more often. This last hospital

stay, over Mother's Day, I tested him every two hours while he was on the

D10 IV, and then every hour while the Drs were trying to adjust the IV rate

with his feeds. I always feel a little sorry for him when he has to be

tested that often because his finger tips get a little sore.

I've come to realize that a lot of times our kids react the way we expect

them to react. If we make a big deal about some procedure, then they think

it's a big deal. If we behave as though this is just routine, matter of

fact, then they learn to feel the same way. Does that make sense??

Hope this helps

HUGS!!

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 5 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)

[Guest guest]

Pat you are so right. If you make a big deal over a procedure they will and if

you just act like it's a routine course, they usually follow suit. Of course

they still may have some fear but it's not crazy. It did take a little

while, however, to get use to having EKG and echocardiogram's done. Now she's a

pro and of course a little older.

I'm always amazed about hearing how well the kids get used to the gh. I know

Cals was looking for his so that he could get a sponge bob sticker.

How is feeling?

B

5 and Kelli 2 3/4

pcpets wrote:

Hi ,

As Jodie said, you need a glucometer. The device itself isn't all that

expensive, but the test strips are.

has been having his BS tested since about a year of age. It didn't

take long for him to learn how to press the button that pops the lancet into

his finger. Having some control over the situation helped him deal with it

well. We have to test him a minimum of twice a day. It is a slight pinch,

but it doesn't affect at all anymore, and at 3.5 yrs old, he can

almost do the entire thing himself now! The only thing he can't do is read

the numbers! LOL

When is sick, his BS is tested much more often. This last hospital

stay, over Mother's Day, I tested him every two hours while he was on the

D10 IV, and then every hour while the Drs were trying to adjust the IV rate

with his feeds. I always feel a little sorry for him when he has to be

tested that often because his finger tips get a little sore.

I've come to realize that a lot of times our kids react the way we expect

them to react. If we make a big deal about some procedure, then they think

it's a big deal. If we behave as though this is just routine, matter of

fact, then they learn to feel the same way. Does that make sense??

Hope this helps

HUGS!!

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 5 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)

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[Guest guest]

my brother is diabetic, i can tell when he is low because he gets really spacy

and tends to " zone out " also he'll start to not make very much sense when he's

speaking. it might be less obvious in children, my brother is 24 years old, but

the symptoms are probably very similar. he just starts to get really slow and

doesn't react as well.

*leah*

jamie xxxx wrote:

How do you know when there blood sugar is low?

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

YES!!!! A BS of 44 is way too low for any child. Dr H wants kept

between 80-120. The Drs here will let him go as low as 60, but 44 is in the

danger zone. I would offer her some room temp Gatorade and test her again in

1/2 an hour. If she continues to run low, I would take her into the ER, and

have her placed on a D10 IV to help her maintain her BS.

Hope this helps.

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 4 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)