Yesterday we did a set change and the cartridge for some reason had lots of tiny bubbles. I struggled to get them out, it took hours. Finally when I thought they were all out we did the set change in the evening and everything looked good.
Jess' bedtime reading was 4.3 mmol. At 6am the pump started making noises and it said occlusion problem. Looked at the cartridge and it was full of tiny bubbles again. Reading was 15.3 mmol. Knocked them all out, primed the tubing and did a bolus. Had breakfast and did the school run.
Before dropping Jess at school I checked the cartridge one more time and more bubbles had appeared, argh! Told Jess to meet me at the medical room at 10am (snack time) so that we could change the cartridge over. I went home to prepare another cartridge and this time, like all the other times, there were very few bubbles. I knocked the visible ones out and it looks much better than yesterday's cartridge.
Went into school at 10am, her reading had come down to 7.7 mmol and she said no alarms had sounded. I still changed the cartridges over anyway. Looking at the old one, it's once again full of tiny bubbles. I really don't know what went wrong with yesterday's cartridge but I don't want it to happen again.
Jess' bedtime reading was 4.3 mmol. At 6am the pump started making noises and it said occlusion problem. Looked at the cartridge and it was full of tiny bubbles again. Reading was 15.3 mmol. Knocked them all out, primed the tubing and did a bolus. Had breakfast and did the school run.
Before dropping Jess at school I checked the cartridge one more time and more bubbles had appeared, argh! Told Jess to meet me at the medical room at 10am (snack time) so that we could change the cartridge over. I went home to prepare another cartridge and this time, like all the other times, there were very few bubbles. I knocked the visible ones out and it looks much better than yesterday's cartridge.
Went into school at 10am, her reading had come down to 7.7 mmol and she said no alarms had sounded. I still changed the cartridges over anyway. Looking at the old one, it's once again full of tiny bubbles. I really don't know what went wrong with yesterday's cartridge but I don't want it to happen again.