Ups and Downs

Over the past week or so, Tate has had a lot of ups and downs.  He was running high so we called Children's and made a teeny, tiny change to one of his insulins, and then he started to run low at night.  We had a week of sleepless nights.  I think sometimes that is the hardest part for us.  We are up a lot at night checking him, treating him, re-checking him, and worrying about him.  We now have fixed the original change we made, and adjusted his carb ratio (the amount of insulin he gets per gram of carbs he eats).  Now things are much better, but still seeing a lot of ups and downs.  Today, for example, he was high this morning and now low again tonight, but overnight has been better.

The exciting news is that we are supposed to receive his CGM tomorrow.  This is the monitor that will tell us if his glucose level is rising or falling, and how quickly it is rising or falling.  Once we get it, we can schedule training and then start using it.  I am so excited for this and so hopefully that it will be successful with Tate.  It will give us some peace of mind, especially at night.

Also, tomorrow we are submitting our paperwork to Children's to start the process to get his pump!  It will still be awhile for this, though.

As always, he is our trooper!  Never minding all the poking and prodding that we do to him.  He has even started to push the button on the finger poker that we use to check his glucose level.  He is so amazing, and we are so blessed to have him!