Hi Anne – Marie,
Sorry been away from this discussion for a while…
I am very pleased to hear that the Lantus is improving the situation: he does eat breakfast I presume?
An aside: I am not as young as your son having had this condition (T1, which I’m sure from your description is the issue), for ~20 years. I can handle 3mmol/l (but realise something is upset, if I do realise!) and have been as low as 0.2 - 0.9mmol/l on reception by the ambulance. No ongoing effects seem to obtain from this after treatment (sugar!). Sometimes I may start fitting at low levels of blood sugar but always come around after treatment (glucagon administration etc.). So, I hope no long lasting damage will have come out of your son’s low blood sugar. In future life he’ll experience it (hopefully not so often). However, I appreciate your concern, because these effects may be different in younger children…
I agree that handwashing is important because he may have had some sugar on he’s hands from earlier (is he taking sweets from school mates, you certainly don’t want to feel left out?). Are the school staff performing the tests correctly?
You need to keep an eye on the Lantus, because failure to eat will eventually cause problems.
I know this (the above) is not quite on the point of what you express in your original posting but I appreciate the other postings from phoenix and annettekp and of yourself of course– this situation really needs addressing in primary schools.
Keep an eye on Dylan…
All the best…
Marc Dominic.