Catching up working from Tuesday on - just so I have this documented and for anyone who's curious what happened between Monday and Thursday! I have been blessed with at least one visitor most of the days - keeping me company and helping the time pass quickly. I am so blessed to have wonderful friends and family who have kept me sane and balanced on this emotional roller coaster!
1am - Brock's blood sugar was 59.
5:30 am - my mom had stayed the night with me and came down to the nursery while I was showering and getting ready. She started texting me, come now!! He's wide awake, feisty and wanting to eat! When I came down he was wide-eyed and desperate to nurse. He just seemed different - like he had turned a corner. Much more like a newborn and less like a sleepy preemie.
6:40 am - Blood sugar - 49
10:00 am - 73!!!
4:00 pm - 67 - They dropped his rate of infusion on the IV from 13 ml/hr to 11.5 ml/hr (:
7:00 pm - Dr. Salmon talked to a Endocrinologist at Legacy. She suggested a new plan where if Brocks' sugar dropped below 45, they would do a STAT lab & urine sample to test Insulin, Electrolytes, his metabolizing of fats. etc. While they had checked these things before, they had never specifically tested them when his blood sugar plummeted. They would be looking for specific drops and rises that correlate with low blood sugar - for instance - when your blood sugar drops, your insulin should be extremely low, and other things should be high or at specific levels. Basically if he dropped again, they would begin exploring other rare disorders.
10:00 pm - blood sugar - 52
10:15 pm - dropped IV to 10 ml/hr
What a gloriously wonderful day. No drops in his blood sugar. No extra lab draws or failing IV's. Just a very positive uplifting day!!
1am - Brock's blood sugar was 59.
5:30 am - my mom had stayed the night with me and came down to the nursery while I was showering and getting ready. She started texting me, come now!! He's wide awake, feisty and wanting to eat! When I came down he was wide-eyed and desperate to nurse. He just seemed different - like he had turned a corner. Much more like a newborn and less like a sleepy preemie.
6:40 am - Blood sugar - 49
10:00 am - 73!!!
4:00 pm - 67 - They dropped his rate of infusion on the IV from 13 ml/hr to 11.5 ml/hr (:
7:00 pm - Dr. Salmon talked to a Endocrinologist at Legacy. She suggested a new plan where if Brocks' sugar dropped below 45, they would do a STAT lab & urine sample to test Insulin, Electrolytes, his metabolizing of fats. etc. While they had checked these things before, they had never specifically tested them when his blood sugar plummeted. They would be looking for specific drops and rises that correlate with low blood sugar - for instance - when your blood sugar drops, your insulin should be extremely low, and other things should be high or at specific levels. Basically if he dropped again, they would begin exploring other rare disorders.
10:00 pm - blood sugar - 52
10:15 pm - dropped IV to 10 ml/hr
What a gloriously wonderful day. No drops in his blood sugar. No extra lab draws or failing IV's. Just a very positive uplifting day!!
Comments