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Too much levemir

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hbarney22

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Last night my husband injected my son with 27 units of levamir. I didn't know he had done it and injected another 27 units. I have monitored my son all night and blood sugar levels have slowly dropped as expected. They have been:
11pm- 11
2am- 8
5am- 5
8am- 4
He's just treated the last one with coke and biscuits. Has anyone else done this by accident? What can we expect for rest of the day? I know Its going to be tricky keeping him out of hypo with double levamir running through him. Do I just keep monitoring and feeding sugar and carbs? I am so worried and would appreciate any help.. Thank you.
 
Hi hbarney22
welcome to the forum:)
you have done EXACTLY the right thing and would be wise to continue to monitor throughout today.

there are devices that can be fitted to insulin pens that show when last injection was given - i will post a link.

http://timesulin.com/shop

try not to worry though -- most all of us have done this at some point
 
Hi. Yes, you appear to have done all the right things to manage the mistake. On a side note, 27 units is quite high for a daily shot of Levemir? Does your son have some excess weight and is he going easy on the carbs?
 
No my son is very very skinny. He's 13 and has been on 27 units for about a year. He is very tall, almost 6ft. He has excellent control most of the time. He has been absolutely fine today. Levels remained between 7-10 all day. He even went out skateboarding with friends all afternoon. Thank you for everyone's help..
 
hbarney22 said:
Last night my husband injected my son with 27 units of levamir. I didn't know he had done it and injected another 27 units. I have monitored my son all night and blood sugar levels have slowly dropped as expected. They have been:
11pm- 11
2am- 8
5am- 5
8am- 4
He's just treated the last one with coke and biscuits. Has anyone else done this by accident? What can we expect for rest of the day? I know Its going to be tricky keeping him out of hypo with double levamir running through him. Do I just keep monitoring and feeding sugar and carbs? I am so worried and would appreciate any help.. Thank you.
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Possibly think about having a note book to let the other
person know his insulin has been done ?
You can write a note to each other perhaps ?
When you are both busy kind of thing .
Avoid this kind of thing happening again .

Offering this as a practical thing for you all to think about .

Am glad he is okay and all is well now .
 
Glad your son okay...

Yes, these things do happen... You're certainly not the first and won't be the last!!!
 
Don't take this the wrong way but didn't your son think to mention he'd already had his levemir? At the age of 13 he maybe he should start taking some responsibility in managing his own diabetes?
 
xAoifex said:
Don't take this the wrong way but didn't your son think to mention he'd already had his levemir? At the age of 13 he maybe he should start taking some responsibility in managing his own diabetes?
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Maybe their son was asleep ?
Being given his nightly insulin - it happens with parents routines .
 
hbarney22 said:
No my son is very very skinny. He's 13 and has been on 27 units for about a year. He is very tall, almost 6ft. He has excellent control most of the time. He has been absolutely fine today. Levels remained between 7-10 all day. He even went out skateboarding with friends all afternoon. Thank you for everyone's help..
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So pleased the boy is fine, don't dwell on it too much and just learn from the mistake, Anna suggestion about keeping a note of the injections is a great idea, but the Timesulin device that himtoo posted about earlier in the thread would come in handy for times like this when your unsure if his had the injection or not.
 
noblehead said:
So pleased the boy is fine, don't dwell on it too much and just learn from the mistake, Anna suggestion about keeping a note of the injections is a great idea, but the Timesulin device that himtoo posted about earlier in the thread would come in handy for times like this when your unsure if his had the injection or not.
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Thank you to everyone who has given positive advice and support. This is the first time since diagnosis 5 years ago I have felt the need to use a forum. Not sure I'll use it again as there seem to be a lot of people giving judgemental advice on personal situations they know nothing about. Just for the record axofiex- at 13 he has complete control. The nighttime injection is the only one we do for him, take the pressure of him after a day of dealing with everything himself. It's usually given whilst he's in a 13 year old coma type tvwatching session- he wouldn't notice an earthquake let alone an injection going in! Thank you for the timeuslin idea, will definitely look into this.
 
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