First and foremost, I would like to personally thank everyone who organized, participated and fundraised in last weekend's Telus Walk to Cure Type 1 Diabetes. It really, really means alot to me and my family. The final number for the Moncton Walk was a total over $220,000 ! Again THANK YOU !
Next up, the Mike's Bike Shop Cyclebetes 200km bike ride to Cure Type 1 Diabetes on September 12th, 2009. I can't wait !
As far as Type 1 gaming, we're currently on day 3 of Adele's 5th Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) sensor. The insertion is getting better and better. Adele didn't even cry this time! She is one brave little girl. No errors so far either. I wouldn't really say we're on a winning streak at the moment, but we're starting to get better and better at the CGMing aspect. Adele really appreciates the freedom from the finger pricks that it gives her when the system is well calibrated and working like it should and we really enjoy the low glucose alarms. It's too bad that more Type 1 gamers can't afford the CGM tools...
As of last weekend, Adele's blood sugars have started to creep up. She wasn't sick, less active, eating more or less at different times of the day. What was causing this sudden rise? Sometimes it can't be explained. As I have mentioned before, the body is a very complex system. Any little thing that would go unnoticed by a non-diabetic will show itself as blood glucose fluctuations in someone playing the Type 1 game. For Adele, this little thing turned out to be an ingrown toenail that started to become infected. It wasn't enough to stop her from doing all of her everyday activities, but it sure wreaked havoc on her sugars. Here are some highlights from Monday...
Monday, June 8th, 2009
12:45 am -> 16.2 (too high, gave 0.6 units insulin)
5:05 am -> 19.9 (way too high, gave another 0.9 units insulin)
7:10 am -> 12.1 (too high before breakfast, corrected before her breakfast)
8:30 am -> 13.1 (still high before gym class at school)
9:30 am -> 10.5 (still high after gym class, I guess she didn't run enough, corrected before snack)
10:50 am -> 10.1 (not going down enough, gave another 0.3 units insulin)
11:50 am -> 11.9 (still high, corrected again before lunch)
1:30 pm -> 12.7 (still high, gave 0.1 units insulin)
2:45 pm -> 13.6 (going up again, gave 0.4 units insulin before she got on the bus)
3:50 pm -> 14.8 (seems like it just won't come down)
5:30 pm -> 17.7 (way too high, corrected before supper)
7:40 pm -> 20.8 (even higher now, corrected really aggressively and changed her infusion site - catheter under the skin that delivers insulin just in case the old one wasn't working)
8:40 pm -> 20.4 (not going down, gave 0.4 units insulin before she went to bed)
9:30 pm -> 17.0 (at least it's going down now)
10:50 pm -> 14.9 (still too high, gave another 0.3 units insulin)
A full day of high sugars due to a toenail!! Things seem to have settled down a bit now since I have made many changes in her insulin scales. Insulin amounts that would surely have given her a serious insulin reaction a few days ago are just enough from keeping her from going high now. I need to be careful though because this is going to switch back at one point and I'll surely need to back things off as her toe gets better. When will this be? I have no idea, but I do know that it will eventually happen. We'll see what the Type 1 game has in store in the upcoming days...
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