mischloss
12-15-2006, 03:22 PM
:( My son got braces put on him yesterday and oh the pain he is experiencing today. He is home from school with his dad, and I just met them for lunch. Poor thing can't chew and was so hungry and in pain. He finally had a turkey sandwich at Atlanta Bread Company today with a bag of chips and bolused 2 units (we guessed at the carbs). Well, an hour and a half later I get a call from him while sucking down some Gatorade, that he was outside kicking around the football and felt low. Came in to test (he was getting dizzy he said) and the meter read 38!!! My heart about stopped. But he was coherent and luckily close by to get at the fridge. I told him to call back in 30 minutes with new numbers. Our mistake was that he hadn't wanted to eat anything at all at the restaurant because of the pain and so didn't bother testing his BG. But then as we were eating he said he would try a turkey sandwich since he was so hungry and at that point we forgot to go get the monitor out of the car. My Bad!!! :(
He was probably pretty low before lunch. Poor thing. I hate him suffering with braces. Yet another obstacle for diabetes! I was telling him, he might just need to be on baby food until his teeth stop hurting. :p
He was probably pretty low before lunch. Poor thing. I hate him suffering with braces. Yet another obstacle for diabetes! I was telling him, he might just need to be on baby food until his teeth stop hurting. :p