Dex Pictures & Update

On the left is Andrew's pump site, and on the right is the Dexcom Seven Plus. The gray part is the transmitter that we use everytime. The rest is a sensor that gets thrown away when finished. Andrew is only on his third sensor, but we love the Dex! The first sensor lasted two weeks! We put the second sensor in last Wednesday night. It wasn't that accurate, but it still showed trends. At 2 am, Saturday morning, Andrew was fine. At 3 am, the Dex alarm went off. He was very low! We wouldn't have checked him for hours! So, thank you Dex! That sensor failed yesterday after only 3 days. Bummer. However, they replace any sensors that don't make it 7 days. Customer service was great, even on the weekend. We put the latest sensor on the arm. It is the most accurate sensor yet, usually within 5 points of the BG!

Andrew woke up yesterday with moderate ketones. I'm not 100% certain whether it was a bad site or illness, because I've been sick & he's coming down with it. We gave him a shot, changed the site, and went up 30% on his basal all day. That's probably the most we've ever done, but he needed it. Absolutely no daytime lows! I'm not sure I'd have the confidence to do that without Dex. The ketones cleared quickly & he did fine.

Here is a picture of the receiver & graph. We took this picture during a basal test (no eating) & the graph was so perfect! You can see he was 136 & that he had been steady for the last 3 hours. You can change the view to last 1 hour, 3hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, or 24 hours.