Well, It seems Little Man just had a bad cold but then he also got an ear infection. Went to the doc today and got all his meds. Hopefully he will feel better soon but it doesn't look like he will not make it to school at all this week. When a diabetic gets an infection (or has high blood sugar levels very long) his body makes this stuff called ketones. Then that makes him build up acid in his body. VERY bad thing. It could actually put him in a coma if not watched closely and treated. This morning he had moderate amounts of ketones and now we have it down to small amounts. The goal is to get it down to negative. So now I have to make sure his sugar levels stay down and he has to drink 24 oz of water every hour.
To top it all off, Toot and Smiley are now sick too. Seems they caught Little Mans cold. Toot woke up at 5am with 101.1 fever. Smileys was only 99.5. I feel so bad for my babies. I hate it when they are sick.
So now I feel like a nurse with all the meds and scheduling of meds going on. Here is how it goes. Little Man gets ear drops every 4 hours, checks his ketones and blood sugar every 2 hours, antibiotics every 12 hours, water every hour and Tylenol every 6 hours.
Toot gets her meds every 6 hours and Smiley gets his every 4 hours.
And of course none of those fall at the same time.
Hope everyone is having a better week than me and my family. I probably wont be around much because it seems that I have my hands full. Time for Toots meds right now!
Passing The Baton
2 years ago
9 comments:
I hope they get better soon! Poor Little Man is gonna be peeing too much to get any rest!
Sorry to hear you are all under the weather! I will be praying for good health in your house!
So glad you updated! Was wondering how he was doing and didnt want to bother ya in case you were playing mom-nurse...and apparently you are!
UGH! Sounds like you are heving one hell of a week! Now you know as soon as you get everyone else well, you'll be the one to come down with something and then who's gonna take of you?
The trouble is they're kids, if not when sick its best to wear a mask and this could prevent the spread. Perhaps you should put one on so that it does not get back to you. I look like an alien at home when I'm sick. :(
Bummer! I hope everyone get better soon. Take care of the little ones, and yourself as well. {HUGS}
I feel bad for them but at least Little Man didn't have the flu. I guess if there is good news about having all the kids sick at the same time, that would be it.
Glad it's a cold and not the flu. Hate it when kids are sick, especially something like diabetes that they have to fight for life.
It's terrible here. Every kind of sickness.
Hope all of you are back at 100% ASAP!
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