Athan's sugar dove dangerously low today, and we ended up having to give him the IM shot of Cortef again to help him rebound.
He was sitting in a chair, awake and alert, watching a cartoon with Morgan. It makes me a little nervous that he was not symptomatic nor had he thrown up in a while. I just decided to check his sugars just in case. 47. Recheck to make sure it wasn't a mistake - 45. Normal is 70-120.
So I grabbed Ryan from outside to prepare the IM dose while I fed him some banana and juice. Within minutes, he was back to a 71. He's resting now, but somewhat fitfully due to the big dose of Cortef.
We'll keep a close watch in him tonight, which probably means sleeping in shifts, if much at all. We've checked with endocrinology, and Dr. Smith (on-call) said we were doing the right things. We've called John (pharmacist) to re-order the IM medicine, but what we have on-hand is good for 3 days and will work if we need to give him another shot soon.
He was sitting in a chair, awake and alert, watching a cartoon with Morgan. It makes me a little nervous that he was not symptomatic nor had he thrown up in a while. I just decided to check his sugars just in case. 47. Recheck to make sure it wasn't a mistake - 45. Normal is 70-120.
So I grabbed Ryan from outside to prepare the IM dose while I fed him some banana and juice. Within minutes, he was back to a 71. He's resting now, but somewhat fitfully due to the big dose of Cortef.
We'll keep a close watch in him tonight, which probably means sleeping in shifts, if much at all. We've checked with endocrinology, and Dr. Smith (on-call) said we were doing the right things. We've called John (pharmacist) to re-order the IM medicine, but what we have on-hand is good for 3 days and will work if we need to give him another shot soon.
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OH darn!! I thought he was in the clear!! At least there was no quick trip to the ER!!! Hope to see y'all on Monday!
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