Wed & Thurs we thought we had it cracked.....
K was still high on Wed, but we upped the evening dose of Novorapid and nightime dose of insultard and Thurs was as close to steady as we have seen in a while.
Thurs was almost all within the range (okay the upper end of the range, but better than usual), first day in a long time......
So, we gave her the same dosage of novorapid and insultard last night and I actually went to bed feeling smugly self congratulatory, thinking we were going to see healthy readings thru the night.
Wrongo.
At 9:30 last night it was 9.8mmol (about 176 i think). K had her snack & we thought the 9pm shot of insultard would take care of same thru the night.
At 10:50 K had climbed to 11.1, but by 2am she was at 18.8 (keytones 0.1) - what???? At 5.30am she was thru the roof at 21.7mmol (390 i think) keytones still 0.2............
So i've spent the last 1.5 hours wondering what the hell went wrong - did i give her the wrong measurement (she insisted she count it out but i double checked it), did i give her 5.5 units instead of 7.5 (i.e. give her the evening novorapid dose level of insultard rather than the 7.5 units she needed?), i even wondered if i gave her novorapid instead of insultard (i defo didnt, i remember same & anyway she would have stopped me, using that pained look of exasperation only a 9 year old girl can have for her dad)
I 99% sure none of these happened; at least i'm pretty sure; but these figures just dont add up....
i've just checked her (7.15am), she's back down to 16.9 - again, wtf, but at least it's down on the 5am reading.
d has wiped any smug sense of control from my soul, i wish it would give us at least a bit of a chance at getting it right.
But its a new day - lets see if we can do better.......
that's all you can do, is try your best. take the data and experience from the previous day and try to have a better result today. unfortch, as you know, diabetes doesn't play by any discernable rule.
ReplyDeletecould she be having a growth spurt?
ps, my 11 year old has the same look of exasperation for me. ;)
Yes, a new day indeed.
ReplyDeleteNumbers like that always leave me shaking my head in confusion, too. Sometimes you do everything 'right' or the 'same' and those numbers just don't add up. I think that's the most frustrating thing about D, hands down!
Could be growth hormones, girly hormones, stress from who knows what or all or none of the above! Helpful, I know! ;)
Just know you are not alone in the head scratching....or in the looks that girls give their moms and dads!
Oh, and can I just say that 'insultard' makes me giggle in that extrememly immature sort of way...guess I really need a laugh today if I'm finding 'tard' funny.
We see overnight numbers like that when Elise is going through a growth spurt too. In fact, we just went through one where her numbers were up in the 400s at night. Eventually, it went back to normal and we've been seeing numbers in the low 100s overnight again.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing constant with diabetes, is change!