spamvicious
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Hi guys,
First of all apologies for what will be a long post below.
On Tuesday of last week my 12 year old niece was advised to go to hospital after a urine infection showed signs of diabetes. She was diagnosed as Type 1 after the blood sugar level was 35. Izzy is autistic and while she is very articulate and intelligent she is very scared of pain and will go into a absolute panic when she knows she has to have a finger prick test or insulin. She is still in hospital as they nurses and diabetic team are unable to get her sugar levels under control and they also need to feel confident that she and her mum can administer the insulin and do the tests etc.
Izzy is getting a little better but every day it can go either way as to whether she will accept what has to happen or she physically has to be held down to have the injections. The issue is that the small ward she is on has general nursing staff who are constantly changing shifts and are perhaps not the best to be helping her through this. The diabetes team are visiting once a day but have spoken twice about how the nurses are using the wrong needles which is causing Izzy pain. Also Izzy was getting used to the insulin pen but they stopped using it as one of the nurses thought it was broken. The dietician visited on Friday and spoke to Izzy for two hours and Izzy picked up on the information very quickly.
So I guess I just need some advice. I'm the one asking as my sister is a technophobe and is generally pretty overwhelmed as you can imagine. I've seen lots of information about glucose monitors, pumps and smart insulin pens but I have no idea what we can ask for from the team. At the moment they are using an Accucheck fast clix pen and Accucheck meter. Also should we be worried about how long its taking for her sugar levels to get under control?. Initially they were using a ratio of 10 carbs for one insulin point. Now they're using 7 carbs to one insulin point.
Thanks
First of all apologies for what will be a long post below.
On Tuesday of last week my 12 year old niece was advised to go to hospital after a urine infection showed signs of diabetes. She was diagnosed as Type 1 after the blood sugar level was 35. Izzy is autistic and while she is very articulate and intelligent she is very scared of pain and will go into a absolute panic when she knows she has to have a finger prick test or insulin. She is still in hospital as they nurses and diabetic team are unable to get her sugar levels under control and they also need to feel confident that she and her mum can administer the insulin and do the tests etc.
Izzy is getting a little better but every day it can go either way as to whether she will accept what has to happen or she physically has to be held down to have the injections. The issue is that the small ward she is on has general nursing staff who are constantly changing shifts and are perhaps not the best to be helping her through this. The diabetes team are visiting once a day but have spoken twice about how the nurses are using the wrong needles which is causing Izzy pain. Also Izzy was getting used to the insulin pen but they stopped using it as one of the nurses thought it was broken. The dietician visited on Friday and spoke to Izzy for two hours and Izzy picked up on the information very quickly.
So I guess I just need some advice. I'm the one asking as my sister is a technophobe and is generally pretty overwhelmed as you can imagine. I've seen lots of information about glucose monitors, pumps and smart insulin pens but I have no idea what we can ask for from the team. At the moment they are using an Accucheck fast clix pen and Accucheck meter. Also should we be worried about how long its taking for her sugar levels to get under control?. Initially they were using a ratio of 10 carbs for one insulin point. Now they're using 7 carbs to one insulin point.
Thanks