This last week as given us many changes. Destiny seen her endocrinologist last Friday and he made some insulin changes. Then Monday we saw the Neurologist and we took away a medicine. Then Tuesday we saw the Urologist who gave us another medicine. With all that going on, we have had some life changes.
My cousin passed away. No, we weren't close as adults but we were as kids. We were raised together and I am very sad. I am sad for his children and for his parents who have lost 2 of their children recently. I am sad for his sister. I am sad for my grandmother who shouldn't have to bury her grandchildren.
We got a call last night that we needed to go see my husbands grandma. You just have to know this woman to know that good things just flow from her. We have been told that she only has a week or so to live. We went right away and the sight was very hard for me. Someone I have always known to have this beautiful smile, always have make-up on, her hair done and ready to have visitors has slipped into a shell of herself. I held her hand and told her it would be okay. I only hope she knows that we want her to feel better. We love her.
When we get home from visiting Grandma B, I am emotionally tired. We get ready for bed and Destiny's blood sugar is 126. How much more perfect can you get before bed??? Then an hour later she wakes me up screaming. She isn't feeling well and ends up puking in her bed. Her blood sugar is 287. I hesitate giving her insulin because the stress from being sick will make it go up and then she will drop. However, I give her the insulin and decide to keep a close eye. At 3 she was 256 so I gave her more insulin. I then had to get ready for work. I really thought about calling in, I really did. But I decided that since inventory is only 2 weeks away that I had better go in.
I was there only about 3 1/2 hours when I got a text from my teenage daughter that Destiny had woke up and her blood sugar was 52. Brittni and Cameron take turns watching Destiny. Cameron gets the fun time and picks on her and Brittni gets to do the responsible stuff and give her meds and check her sugars. I think they can handle it when her blood sugars are normal, even when she starts to drop a little low they will call and let me know. They have a list of instructions and they are very responsible kids. With that being said, I think it is too much to ask a teenager to make adult decisions for her sister. 52 is too low for Brittni to feel comfortable making decisions. Especially when Destiny was staring at her blankly and wouldn't respond.
I left work and came home and Destiny has been better most of the day. My only concern is that Destiny is severely constipated (typical for her) and I need to remedy the situation. I have tried it all. I gave her some new meds when I got home and I have not seen any improvement yet. Cross your fingers and hope the roller coaster of life and diabetes is going to take a short break. Just a small one. One long enough to be able to enjoy a little time with my beautiful family.
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