Re: [IPp] infusion set problems
That could be hard to determine whether it is the sets or another problem.
It could be that she is starting to get sick, her basal rates, bolus doses,
or ISF is changing, etc. I would call your endo or local pump company rep
and ask them if they have another type of infusion set that you could try.
That might help you isolate the problem as the infusion sets rather than
something else. When my son first started pumping he used the Insets and
they didn't work out for him. He was too thin to support them, so the
boluses would sting him and his bg was higher than normal. Our Animas rep
was great. She said that she thought it would help to change to the angled
sets and gave us a few samples of the Comfort shorts to use until the ones
that we had ordered from Animas arrived. Animas even offered to overnight us
the new Comfort sets because they knew the problems we were having with the
Insets. Just a suggestion. I hope you find a solution.
Cathy
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Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [IPp] infusion set problems
>
> Yes, her blood sugar rises very high. I always bolus through the pump
> first
> to see if the set is working. If within an hour her blood sugar has not
> gone
> down or either it is higher, I change out the set. Like today, before
> lunch
> her blood sugar was in the mid 300s. I gave her a correction bolus and
> waited
> 30 minutes and rechecked and she was in the high 200s. I figured she was
> coming down so everything was okay. NOT! I fed her lunch. Nothing out of
> the
> ordinary. Gave her bolus. She woke up from her nap crying, which she never
> does.
> She was almost 500. Basically the same routine for about a week. At least
> today it was during the day and not at night. So far the leg site is
> working
> good. Maybe she just needs a different site area. I don't know I am just
> guessing
> but I know this isn't normal. Before, when she was in diapers her sites
> would usually last the whole three days. (She has been pumping for almost
> two
> years.)
>
> Cyndi
> Mom to Cody 16, Jacob 4, and
> Mackenzie 3, dx at 13 months and pumping since 16 months
>
>
>
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