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<blockquote data-quote="Jen&amp;Khaleb" data-source="post: 128784" data-attributes="member: 13077"><p>I got out my diabetes record book so I could let you know what Khaleb's blood sugars were about 2 months after diagnosis. Khaleb was in hospital for a month so this would be in the first month we were home.</p><p></p><p>24 hours with Khaleb as a 10 month old</p><p></p><p>2am - 16.4</p><p>6.30am - 9.7</p><p>9.15am - 21.1</p><p>12pm - 12.1</p><p>3pm - 7.6</p><p>5.30pm - 18.7</p><p>7.30pm - 11.0</p><p>2am - 6.6</p><p></p><p>Today's blood sugar levels</p><p></p><p>1.30am - 12.2</p><p>6am - 9.6 (Tonight he will get back the half a unit of Levemir I took away because of recent night hypos)</p><p>9.30am - 8.2</p><p>11.30am - 8.3</p><p>1.30pm - 4.3</p><p>3pm - 7 (tested just to make sure what I gave him at 1.30pm was going to last to dinner time)</p><p>5pm - 5.6</p><p>7.30pm - 5.6</p><p></p><p>Every day is different and there are always calculations being made to try and keep him level. </p><p></p><p>As for testing...I think you can do too many tests. If you test fairly soon after meals you will often get a highish figure that may make you think more insulin is needed. You can then give your child more insulin only to have them hypo a couple of hours later and having to retest repeatedly after the hypo. You can then set off a cycle of bouncing from high to low when you just needed to be a bit more patient. It is still better to be safe than sorry and you can see from my note above that I tested between nearly hypo and dinner. I sometimes don't test before lunch or dinner, I test at 10pm before I go to bed and, depending on that figure, test at about 2am. When kids are sick you need to test every 1-2 hours day and night and when you are changing doses you need to test more often. If your child is doing some big activity, learning to crawl/walk/run or doing challenging tasks you need to test more often also. Khaleb would have an average of 7 tests per day but between 5 and 10 tests could be a normal day. Khaleb's blood sugar peaked at 19 after getting bloods taken at the hospital so stress can be another factor. As for lancets, I only change them once a day but I never reuse needles. I have to pay for my own lancers at $15 per 100 as they are not covered by the scheme here in Australia. I find it amusing that I can get strips for $1 per 100 but without blood they are useless. Needles are free but drug addicts got them free before diabetics ever did!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, hope you find this of use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jen&Khaleb, post: 128784, member: 13077"] I got out my diabetes record book so I could let you know what Khaleb's blood sugars were about 2 months after diagnosis. Khaleb was in hospital for a month so this would be in the first month we were home. 24 hours with Khaleb as a 10 month old 2am - 16.4 6.30am - 9.7 9.15am - 21.1 12pm - 12.1 3pm - 7.6 5.30pm - 18.7 7.30pm - 11.0 2am - 6.6 Today's blood sugar levels 1.30am - 12.2 6am - 9.6 (Tonight he will get back the half a unit of Levemir I took away because of recent night hypos) 9.30am - 8.2 11.30am - 8.3 1.30pm - 4.3 3pm - 7 (tested just to make sure what I gave him at 1.30pm was going to last to dinner time) 5pm - 5.6 7.30pm - 5.6 Every day is different and there are always calculations being made to try and keep him level. As for testing...I think you can do too many tests. If you test fairly soon after meals you will often get a highish figure that may make you think more insulin is needed. You can then give your child more insulin only to have them hypo a couple of hours later and having to retest repeatedly after the hypo. You can then set off a cycle of bouncing from high to low when you just needed to be a bit more patient. It is still better to be safe than sorry and you can see from my note above that I tested between nearly hypo and dinner. I sometimes don't test before lunch or dinner, I test at 10pm before I go to bed and, depending on that figure, test at about 2am. When kids are sick you need to test every 1-2 hours day and night and when you are changing doses you need to test more often. If your child is doing some big activity, learning to crawl/walk/run or doing challenging tasks you need to test more often also. Khaleb would have an average of 7 tests per day but between 5 and 10 tests could be a normal day. Khaleb's blood sugar peaked at 19 after getting bloods taken at the hospital so stress can be another factor. As for lancets, I only change them once a day but I never reuse needles. I have to pay for my own lancers at $15 per 100 as they are not covered by the scheme here in Australia. I find it amusing that I can get strips for $1 per 100 but without blood they are useless. Needles are free but drug addicts got them free before diabetics ever did! Anyway, hope you find this of use. [/QUOTE]
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