A stayed with me for what seemed like forever, but was probably 10ish minutes. The kids' doctor, Dr. N, came in and stayed with me just as long. V was in and out offering help where she could.

A gave me SweeTarts. Then juice. We all talked about my pump and diabetes and Dex. We all watched the line on Dex continue to go low. And I kept saying this isn't about my blood sugar. I've never felt faint from a low before and I didn't have any of my other tell-tale low signs.

Dr. N asked if I had had diarrhea lately. Well, actually yes, I told her. She speculated that I was fighting something off. It started to make sense. I mean, I shot up to 300 practically without notice and in what seemed like a matter of minutes.

I felt better and tried to sit up. I drank a juice and began to feel faint again. I felt silly. My kids were still in the waiting room. I laid down and we continued to talk diabetes and preferred treatment for lows (Skittles!), pumps and CGMS. I didn't feel judged and all their questions and comments were intelligent and legitimate.

Though it was the end of the day and they didn't have any more patients, they needed to get on with things and felt comfortable enough to leave me alone. V continued to come check on me. After two juice barrels and half a bag of Skittles I finally made it up over 100 mg/dL. Which was nice because V had already told me that if my sugar didn't go up they would have to call someone to come get me.

I thanked V (and found out her name for the first time throughout the ordeal) and we left. I still wasn't convinced it was my blood sugar, though clearly it was: I didn't have any of my normal low signs and didn't have that horrible low hangover feeling.

Though that is over, something is still clearly wrong. I got up into the 120s after all the low treatments and then began to crash again after we finally got home. I drank a juice and ate dinner. I expected to be a little high since I delayed the dinner bolus, but my sugar shot up over 300 again after a meal I've had before with no issues and is taking its time coming down.

I thought about changing my site, but I really don't think that's the issue since my sugar went down -- and stayed down for a while today. I feel like a bad site would keep me high without the low.

And then I thought back to the crazy morning I had with Toohey yesterday and wondered if somehow my pump settings got wonky (even Dr. N questioned whether the pump could malfunction in that way). Or maybe it's just a good old-fashioned sick day.