Well, the basal change went ok with Adam’s numbers hovering
between 9 and 10mmol last night. This isn’t really in target, but it is better
than he usually achieves, and management is all about making small changes and
watching to see the effect before changing again, especially basal changes as
they can take a day or two to really ‘bed’ in. Ahahahaha, see what I did there?
‘Bed’ in? No? Clearly you’re not sophisticated enough for fairy
humour.
Being only recently diagnosed, Adam is still in ‘Honeymoon’ –
which means that his pancreas is still periodically spitting out some insulin,
and could continue to do so for up to two years post diagnosis. This means his
body needs less injected insulin – his daytime basal is only half a unit! – but
it also means that small increases can have a big effect so they have to be
carefully monitored, and that means a lot of waking through the night for Adam’s
dad. He very kindly let me sleep through all of the up and down last night,
which is a bit of a relief since we have a busy day – Nursery and then through
to the Edinburgh Christmas Market to meet Santa!
Well, what a busy day! The first thing we did on arriving in
Edinburgh was go to a restaurant to eat, which can be a bit tricky for us carb
counters. Small children are notorious for not eating as much as they think they
can (lucky I was around to help ‘share’) and Adam ended up only eating about
half of what he was dosed for. I shook my head and disdainfully pointed out that
they were going to have problems later, but got a knowing smile in return. Hmmm,
there’s something going on there….
Next it was straight over to Santa! I got to have my picture
taken with him, and he asked us all if we had been naughty or nice. I said nice
obviously, since I’ve been such a saint this year, doing this community outreach
and everything, and Michelle said I’ve been so good I deserve a stocking full of
coal. Well I had no idea this is considered a good present this far north, and
I’d much rather have a spa treatment, but at least she’s making an effort. We’ll
be best buddies before you know it!
There were so many things to do at the market – we went on a
helter-skelter, a rollercoaster and a carousel! I don’t think I’ve ever had so
much fun, although I did regret eating so much at lunch after all of that
spinning around.
We even went ice-skating! They didn’t have any fairy-size
skates – how inconsiderate! – and it was very cold anyway so I just tucked up in
Adam’s coat and enjoyed the ride. He did well for his first ever try, though my
snout was a bit squashed when he fell over! The children really weren’t
interested in shopping, but I did get a little peek…
And where is the post lunch hypo I hear you cry. Well, there
wasn’t one. In fact, as you can see from the below we had exactly the opposite
problem:
Adam gets excitement highs. And today was certainly exciting!
His correction doses don’t make a dent in his readings. The three readings were
all while he was at the market, and yet an hour after leaving (with no further
correcting) he drops back down. This is one of the reasons an insulin pump is on
Adam’s parent’s Christmas list. It’s a 12 – 18 month wait at their clinic, so
maybe Santa will bring it for next year. Perhaps I’ll throw a little fairy dust
his way, grease the wheels so to speak!
And with that, I’m off to my next lovely host. Saying
goodbye, Adam was definitely a little bleary-eyed, and I got a big hug. I wonder
if my next host will be as glad to see me as this one was sad to see me leave?
DF x
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