hmmmcormick
03-21-2009, 10:37 AM
one thing gets better, another thing gets worse. This morning we have talked to the drs and they are still planning on extubating Morgan sometime today. They want the sedative to really wear off so he will be good and mad about having that tube in his throat. That way when they take him off he won't immediately fall back into a deep sleep and "forget" to breath. Sounds like a good plan to me.
But, over night his b.g. got up to 475. Yikes! The crazy thing is that for most of the time he has been here he has been receiving no insulin because he just hasn't needed it. They tell me it is probably due to the fact that his feeds are running on continuous feed so he is constantly getting tiny amounts of glucerna and no big bolus of food. He is also on some i.v. dextrous. They had decided to cut his finger pokes to every 6 hrs. because he was doing so well. I was not crazy about the idea, but they had been poking him every hour to two hours around the clock. So, I agreed. Sometime during the night his blood gases were off so they checked his b.g. and he was 475. He is now on an insulin drip. The last time they checked he was coming down, at 350. We had been coasting for a week and I guess I thought maybe things would contine. I am a little afraid what this might be doing to his remaining beta cells. Oh well, I am powerless over the pancreas. If only I controlled the universe...
But, over night his b.g. got up to 475. Yikes! The crazy thing is that for most of the time he has been here he has been receiving no insulin because he just hasn't needed it. They tell me it is probably due to the fact that his feeds are running on continuous feed so he is constantly getting tiny amounts of glucerna and no big bolus of food. He is also on some i.v. dextrous. They had decided to cut his finger pokes to every 6 hrs. because he was doing so well. I was not crazy about the idea, but they had been poking him every hour to two hours around the clock. So, I agreed. Sometime during the night his blood gases were off so they checked his b.g. and he was 475. He is now on an insulin drip. The last time they checked he was coming down, at 350. We had been coasting for a week and I guess I thought maybe things would contine. I am a little afraid what this might be doing to his remaining beta cells. Oh well, I am powerless over the pancreas. If only I controlled the universe...