Sick Day

Our whole family is sick.
It is awful, a yukky virus, and there are fevers, sore throats, body aches, coughs and more delightful symptoms to be had by all.
Logan's number was high when he woke up, 280, so I checked him for ketones and he was in the bad place. "moderate to large" ketones present in his urine.
If you are sick, your body needs extra energy to fight the virus, and if you can't eat enough food to give your cells energy, or if you don't have enough insulin acting to release blood sugar into your cells- your body starts burning up it's own stores (fat and muscle) for fuel. The waste product of this process is called Ketones.. and now we have them.

I called the hospital, by this time his numbers were at 375, and we doubled his correction factor for his insulin dose- so far he is feeling okay, but I will need to keep checking his blood sugar and ketone levels every hour or so until they come down.

Poor Loganator!!

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As if being "regular sick" isn't bad enough!