Andrew has been wanting to sleepover at the neighbors house. The plan was this:
1. Check BG after the Alabama championship game around 11 pm & call home. (This step went well - BG 124.)
2. Take my cell phone with the alarm set for 2 am. Wake up, check blood sugar, & call home.
3. Set my alarm for 2:30. Call Andrew if I had not heard from him.
The neighbor said it was fine to call her if he didn't wake up. I really want to find a way that Andrew can wake & handle it on his own. There are other friends that have indicated they would like him to sleepover. If only the tired parents didn't have to also wake up at 2 a.m.
Well, Andrew slept through the alarm. I apparently never asked Gene to set ours. A little after 5 a.m., the phone rings. Slow speech greets me, "Mom, the alarm didn't go off. Silence. Do you want me to check my blood sugar?" "Go ahead." In a slow, unaffected voice he answers, "57." Forgetting that he took his diabetic bag full of supplies, including a 15g juice box, I asked, "Is there any juice or regular soda in the house?"
"Uh, I don't know. I could ask. Is there, uh"
"Andrew, is there an adult awake?"
"Uh, I think Mr. (neighbor) might be."
"Andrew, just meet me at the front door. I'm bringing you juice." He sounded out of it. "Andrew, don't hang up. I'm coming right now." I grabbed a robe & some juice & ran through the snow in my socks next door. Andrew wasn't there, & my cordless phone was out of range as soon as I hit the front porch. No one answered the knock.
I ran back to my porch & called my cell phone again. Andrew answered. "Did you get some juice?" "Yes. I went to the door & you weren't there."
He was fine. I crawled back into bed, but my adrenaline was still pumping. I ended up calling back in a few minutes to check on him. He was back up to 70 & reminded him to eat a complex carb snack. There were pb crackers in his bag. He probably ate all of them, because his BG was 360 at 8 am, but had crashed again to 42 before lunch (remember normal is 80-120). His poor body! On the other hand, he had a great time.
Maybe you could have him practice at home waking up to the alarm?
ReplyDeleteI told myself several months ago that I would. In reality, we've been training him to do the opposite! During soccer season, he was having late meals, so we started doing the bedtime check when we went to bed instead of when he went to bed. Andrew's instinct is still to pull away when we touch his finger and get up and check it himself (remember the middle of the night screams post). However, he just gets too tired if he has to wake up at 10 or 11 pm and again at 2 am. We've been trying to get him to sleep while we check him.
ReplyDeleteI talked to another mom of a T1D this weekend. She feeds her son a snack & lets him run high when he sleeps at a friends house. Normally, we only feed if BG<80 at bedtime, so I figured 124 would be fine. Next time that he sleeps at a friend's house, we will feed if he is under his nighttime target of 150. I will probably ask the mom to remind him to check his BG when he gets up, becuase he gets really grumpy when his BG has been high for awhile!