Olivia had a pretty decent low on Friday. She was 95 on initial check and dropped to 60 five minutes later. She informed her teacher and immediately asked to go to the nurses office (which is our protocol).

When she relayed the incident to me, I asked if anyone had walked down with her. "No," was the answer. I didn't get mad at her, just said that she needed to have someone walk her the next time she was that low. Dropping 35 points in five minutes concerns me and makes me wonder how much lower she's going to go and how fast.

She wound up dropping to 40 in the nurse's office, but came back up easily and returned to class. She missed her social studies exam because of this low, however. In the car on the way home, she told me that her teacher said it would be ok for her to make up the exam.

Ya think?? Good grief, dood. Don't say it like you're doing her a favour. It's in her IEP, a document all the teacher sign off on and have copies of in their room. Along with the boatload of information I send every year, detailing what needs to happen during highs and lows, including retaking tests.

It really irks me that her teachers act like they're giving her special treatment when they allow her to retake an exam. If the teacher had a kid with seizure disorder in class and that child had a seizure during an exam, there would be no question that the child could retake it. It almost makes me feel as though they think Olivia is making her blood sugar drop on purpose in order to get out of class work or exams. It's just the tone they use when they tell me these things, as though she's getting away with something. Bugs the crap out of me.

I think I'm going to have to have a word, again, with the staff up there. Fun, fun, fun.