Its been ages since we have had any sort of a low. We have been fighting highs and puberty for months. A good day sees numbers that are at least in range but a low? What are those? Funny though, when a low does arrive it always happens at night.
Last night I was sleeping in bed and had no desire to get up. I began to think that one night without testing would not be a bad thing. Maybe this one night I could sleep through and I would get my son to wake up one night to test to give me a break next week. It sounded like a great plan. He had been in range or high most nights. I could take a night off. It would be good for me. I know I was awake but still not having to physically get out of bed? Yeah, that was the ticket. That was what I should do. I was tired. I owed it to me. I should stay in bed and go back to sleep.
The worry you must have isn’t something I know. I know my mom cried when we found out I had type 1, and I was 24. I was living at home at the time and the adjustment period involved all of us, but I handled my own numbers and insulin.
I do know that I wake up in the middle of the night if I’m low. But I wonder how often my mom wanted to check on me at 3am.
Don’t beat yourself up. Even with the best intentions and more than one alarm, there are nights your body is so exhausted, you just sleep through. It is very scary to find a low or extreme high when this happens. So far, no matter how low, we have never had a low blood sugar emergency. If there is another adult in the house, when you are just too tired to make it through, maybe the other adult can get up and check so you get some much needed rest. Or even go to bed early 9 to midnight, other adult can take the midnight check, and you will most likely get up for the 2 or 3am check.
Been there, done that. This morning, in fact. Checked Eric at bedtime, he was 92 – a little lower than I like. Gave him some chocolate milk but didn’t retest to make sure it “took”, and by 4 a.m. he was at 60. Gave him more chocolate milk, and at 6 a.m. he was – YIKES! – 47. Still more chocolate milk, and lowered his basal rate. So far, so good, but not a good night.
