Time is Amanda's service dog. She detects Amanda's highs and lows due to her Type 1 Diabetes. Time joined our family June 23, 2008. Amanda was diagnosed in September 2003 at the age of six. This blog has also seen my oldest daughter diagnosed with Type 1 in December of 2010 and with Celiac in December 2011.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Always Learning Something New
Amanda had a great time at camp. But, we've had to increase her basal rates since. Yesterday after swimming all day. Her blood sugar reached the 400's and decided to camp there for the evening. I changed her site and increased her insulin again. My sweet friends posted suggestions for me. I always forget about increasing her water intake. Next pool day, I will make sure she is drinking a lot of water. Also, my friend who recently moved from Alaska to Arizona said that the heat and insulin do not mix well. She was told to change the site every two days when temperatures are above 93. I've not heard that before. I'm guessing with her pump in the heat all day, it could have made the insulin go bad. Anymore feed back is welcome! By 1:30 she was at 101. Time alerted us. We have set her parameters to be 100-200. Yes, we've tightened it up a bit. But her A1-c has come down from 8.3 to 7. 3 in 3 months.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)