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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2398355" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi Mitch, I do hope you have support from others as this is very sad. My Mum (who was 82) had dementia and was also type 1 for around 40 years. When she was at the end, she too was bed bound. We were able to be with her and observe what was going on for a few months so we were very lucky although we did know she was dying. In our case in the last few days her glucose suddenly went low for no apparent reason, she hadn't been eating much but that had been the case for at least a month. We were told that in her case her body was getting ready to 'pass' and so internally all her systems were shutting down including those mechanisms pertinent to type 1. In other words, her low glucose readings were nothing to do with a diabetic coma in the traditional sense but more a symptom of her overall deteriorating health contributing to the lower levels. She had had a couple of mini strokes in the weeks before too and this was put down as a contributing factor to her death, if not the cause of death BUT she was 82. I know I haven't answered your question but my guess is that it was NOT a diabetic coma but the stroke LEADING to the lower levels, there is NOTHING you could have done that you didn't do, your husband is LUCKY to have had you there caring for him. x</p></blockquote><p></p>

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