Hello
My daughter has just been diagnosed. Obviously we are still in shock but we have to adapt quickly and this has been our first night back at home from hospital. We talked to a dietician before leaving but as u can imagine all the questions arrive once ur put in the real life situation.
So basically we arrived home at 18.00 she had her dinner at hospital with her last quick acting insulin shot. She asked for a snack so she ate under 10g carb snack at 19.00 then wanted supper at 20.00. So we give her supper plus additional insulin to cover it. My question is since she had the additional insulin at 20.00 if she was hungry again at say 21.00 would she be allowed another snack under 10g?
She then had her long lasting night insulin at 22.00 then went to sleep and so again my second question is would she be allowed if she asked to have a snack after the long lasting insulin if she was still hungry? Or is it strictly no food after the night insulin?
Also at the night time insulin her BG reading was 16.8 so we corrected her levels first with the quick acting insulin to bring her levels back to 6 then administered the night time insulin after. Is this the correct process if her readings are high at night? We did check with the childrens ward before hand but looking for more advice.
Thanks
Chris
My daughter has just been diagnosed. Obviously we are still in shock but we have to adapt quickly and this has been our first night back at home from hospital. We talked to a dietician before leaving but as u can imagine all the questions arrive once ur put in the real life situation.
So basically we arrived home at 18.00 she had her dinner at hospital with her last quick acting insulin shot. She asked for a snack so she ate under 10g carb snack at 19.00 then wanted supper at 20.00. So we give her supper plus additional insulin to cover it. My question is since she had the additional insulin at 20.00 if she was hungry again at say 21.00 would she be allowed another snack under 10g?
She then had her long lasting night insulin at 22.00 then went to sleep and so again my second question is would she be allowed if she asked to have a snack after the long lasting insulin if she was still hungry? Or is it strictly no food after the night insulin?
Also at the night time insulin her BG reading was 16.8 so we corrected her levels first with the quick acting insulin to bring her levels back to 6 then administered the night time insulin after. Is this the correct process if her readings are high at night? We did check with the childrens ward before hand but looking for more advice.
Thanks
Chris