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10-24-2010, 05:32 PM
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Holly Molly, BG goes up fast when there's no basal!
DS's site came out this afternoon. Somehow, the cannula just popped out of the skin. Our first lost site since we started pumping. We use EMLA for site changes. I asked DS if he'd be ok doing a change without numbing, but he'd have none of it. So, I was thinking, hour and a half without basal, how high can the BG get?
 OHHH, pretty high... He was 124 when the site came out. 1.5 hrs later: 303  At least now I know... Was that typical? Is that what you guys see?
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Arleta, dx'd celiac May 2010 Mom to: Tommy, 10, dxd Oct. 2009 at age 7; BLUE Revel 8/2010; Apidra; Silhouette infusion set MM CGM 2/2011 - 1/2012 and to Olivia, 6, non d 
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10-24-2010, 05:35 PM
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Shocking, isn't it!
Tyler left his pump at home on a school day. Started the day on 90, by the time I got him home 5 hours later, he was 396! Imagine if he had gone the whole day without his basal. I was shocked at how quickly BG could climb. Needless to say, hope to not do that again!
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Debs - Mum to Tyler aged 16 yrs, dx 29 Nov 06 MM 722 since March 09 Samuel, nearly 18, still hormonal Very happily married to Carl for 18 yrs
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10-24-2010, 05:57 PM
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Maddie had a site blow recently - the canula had come out and folded back under the adhesive (a first in 6 years of pumping). And within a few hours she was over 400 and had ketones ( she almost never develops ketones) and she was sick!
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Sarah Mom to DD now 15, dx @4 Cozmo pumper @6 Minimed pumper @13 G4 "Happy Birthday, Dr. Banting! Now... let's eat cake! Because, we CAN!" - MCS
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10-24-2010, 06:09 PM
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If the site fails we get high numbers that take a heck of alot more insullin to come down. DKA can happer quickly in a pumper who is not getting their basal. Your high number is not out of the norm. If his site comes out and you are waiting an hour or more to restart, give him a shot of the basal he is missing in the meantime.
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Colleen, age 37 Mom to: Erik,6, dx 6/21/06 pumping Animas Ping 8/21/06 Ryan,3, stunt boy Husband- Mike Hodgkins Survivor
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10-24-2010, 06:11 PM
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It's actually kind of scary when you think about it. Jacob had a site that stayed in but the tubing was separated from the cannula and it didn't get caught for a few hours. He even had a CGM. I thought at first it was a bolus I guessed at and corrected twice. Even after the site change he continued to climb and it took many more hours and several corrections to get him down. His CGM was pegged out high for quite awhile.
I just hope nothing ever, EVER happens where he would be without insulin for two or three days.
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Dave (non D) Father of Jacob (Type 1, dx'd 11/2005, born 12/11/2000) Medtronic Revel 722 since 1/08/2012; Apidra AccuCheck Aviva meter, Sure T infusion set Guardian CGM since 1/9/2012 Former Animas and Dexcom user Husband to Tammy, Father of Andrea, 13 and Logan, 16 (all non D) "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." - Oscar Wilde "Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." - Robert A. Heinlein
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10-24-2010, 06:21 PM
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OK, update. Gave correction for the 303. 45 mins later he's 37
Juice box and hopefully he'll be up soon...
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Arleta, dx'd celiac May 2010 Mom to: Tommy, 10, dxd Oct. 2009 at age 7; BLUE Revel 8/2010; Apidra; Silhouette infusion set MM CGM 2/2011 - 1/2012 and to Olivia, 6, non d
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10-24-2010, 06:32 PM
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Quote:
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Arleta, dx'd celiac May 2010 Mom to: Tommy, 10, dxd Oct. 2009 at age 7; BLUE Revel 8/2010; Apidra; Silhouette infusion set MM CGM 2/2011 - 1/2012 and to Olivia, 6, non d
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10-24-2010, 07:08 PM
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Also, was his finger clean when you tested him?
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I'm still here. DD - 15 - Lantus and MM Pump/Dex G4
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10-24-2010, 07:11 PM
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 I had no idea he was going to shoot up like that! What an eye-opener. Now I'm going to have nightmares...
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Arleta, dx'd celiac May 2010 Mom to: Tommy, 10, dxd Oct. 2009 at age 7; BLUE Revel 8/2010; Apidra; Silhouette infusion set MM CGM 2/2011 - 1/2012 and to Olivia, 6, non d
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