It's on mornings like these that I wish I drank coffee, because I am going to need something to get me through to nap time.
I really tried to go to bed last night when everything was done before 10:00, but of course I didn't and when Fred and I finally went to bed at 11:30, Elise woke up screaming.
Usually when that happens, we go in, check her BG and settle her down. Even if she's low, she usually goes right back to sleep with no problems after we feed her something.
But last night her BG was 342 and we could tell she felt awful. She kept screaming that her tummy hurt, and no matter how hard we tried to soothe her, she just kept crying. We don't correct her for highs except at meal times (and sometimes before bed), so there was not much we could do. Plus she's on NPH at bedtime, so we were hoping it would peak soon to help take care of the high BG,
Meanwhile, over an hour later, she's still crying. It is such a horrible feeling, knowing your child is in pain, but there's not much you can do about it. I was so tempted to just give her a unit of DH, but I was worried about her going too low. We decided to check her again and she was at 304 with .9 ketones.
Finally, around 2:00 she settled down. We haven't had a night like that in ages, and to make matters worse, Elise decided to wake up a full hour earlier than normal. And even worse, I woke up with all my neck muscles in spasm and can barely move.
I'm ready for Tuesday to be over.
11 months ago
Oh wow hunny bunny hugs to you . Just take a deep breath and try to take a nap when she does and remember this too shall pass . I will pray that elise feels better and you do too . Just remember to breathe and take it all with a grain of salt . Hugs to you and elise and hope all is well soon .
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing worse then diabetes stress...with NO SLEEP.
ReplyDeleteI hope the day worked out better than anticipated.
Thank goodness October is coming...let's leave all this September illness madness in the dust!