A few nights ago I got up at 4:00am to check my little diabetic daughter's blood sugar. Middle of the night blood checks are a daily ritual at our house because her numbers are still so unstable. On this night she was overly high and I was afraid there was a problem with her pump site for her insulin pump. I wanted to rule that out so I decided to quickly change her site. I changed it, gave her more insulin and went back to bed. In the morning she was still high so I continued to give her more insulin. Throughout the day she had some of her worst numbers yet, despite my constant administering of insulin. Finally that evening I decided to change her site one more time. It was then that I discovered my poor site change from the night before.
Please look closely and you will see the needle that goes under her skin is bent. Why is it bent? Because I inserted it with the plastic safety cover still on so there was no where for it to go besides bend. So she got no insulin all day. I would think poorly of myself if I had done this at some point in the day besides the middle of the night. But I'm giving myself a pass for the night and promising myself to do better next time.
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