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injected two doses of levamir by accident

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Hi please can anyone give me some advice please

Last night my son went off to bed he is 19 yrs old he apparently injected his levamir and laid on the bed and fell asleep, when I came up an hour later I asked him had he done his injection he said no, so i loaded up the pen for him and got him to inject...... not realising he had already done the 15 units
so this meant he had injected x2 15 within two hours....

when he woke this morning he noticed the needle lid on his bed side cupboard this was when we realised the error.

He woke with 4.4 blood sugar after eating breakfast it was up to 5.5 after 10 mins and after about 3/4 hour it was up to 8.9 has any one else ever done this and if so what was the consequenses and did you still inject your novo rapid with each meal the next day..

Thanks
D A very worried stupid mother
 
Just keep a very close eye on his bg to spot any low's, if he is on one dose of levemir then just inject as normal tonight as it generally only lasts for 18-24, if he is on split doses then I would forget the morning dose and continue as normal tonight. He'll still need to inject novo to cover his food but he could reduce the dose as a temporary measure.

I did the same once and injected lantus twice and unfortunately had to go to work afterwards, all I did was test every hour and ate a few more carbs than I normally would.

Any concerns then ring NHS direct for further assistance.

Hope the lad's fine!

Nigel
 
Thank you very much Nigel for your help and advice its comforting to know we are not alone in errors like this It was my fault entirely and I feel very very bad about it especially as today was a day he is out and about and he hardly ever goes out
again Thank you
p.s so far he is ok today
 
This is so easy to do so don't feel too bad. I'm sure we've all done it at some point, I know we have. Like Nigel says, keep a close eye on his blood sugars today, make sure he does lots of testing and keep some extra snacks and hypo treatment with him at all times. Still keep doing the Novorapid to cover meals but if he's finding his blood sugars are dropping a bit low during the day then he could reduce his Novorapid slightly with each meal, but I wouldn't not do it altogether. Keep an eye on his blood sugars for the next 24 hours after which time most of the extra levemir should have worn off out of his system.
 
thank you mum of jess
sam was only diagonsed with type one if feb of this year so although he is 19 it is all still very very new to us, and again although he is 19 he still looks for me for help and advice... sometimes and sometimes he copes hiself which is very hard for me as i have to realise when he wants my help and when not and i have to try to recognise these times and pull back, I must say I am finding it all very very stressfull my self.
how have you coped
 
Oh I know exactly what you mean about coping :) Jess was diagnosed at 4 and it took a while to get over the shock and learn what to do and how everything works. Now she's 10 and we're getting to that stage where she wants more independence and go away on school trips and sleepovers. I'm finding the letting go very difficult and worrying. She's had diabetes for a few years now so she's comfortable with testing etc but there are still some things that she's fairly dependent on me for. I think parents worry about their children no matter what age they are. I've been through all stages, sometimes feeling like I cope really well and other times in tears at the doctors because it all seems like too much. I've found such valuable support at this forum, I'm sure you'll find lots of support and help here too like I have :)
 
What you have done happens very easily. I know a mum and dad who both went and gave their daughter her dose of Levemir. I've mixed up the 2 pens before and that was bad enough. I've also searched bins to try and find the little needle cover as evidence to whether I had done the needle already or not. Anyway, at dinner time I now put both needles on the pens and put them away after they have been used so I know I've given them ... and only once.

Keep watching the meter and have lots of snacks ready like Nigel wrote and he'll be fine.
 
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