Since Olivia had her turn with the 12 hour, puke-til-your-stomach-turns-inside-out bug, her blood sugars have been running low. I kind of expected it yesterday, but today they've been hovering around 60 for far too long for my liking.

I had her disconnect for a while, which helped, but as soon as she hooked back up again, she started dropping again. It's very weird. Is this normal? She's never had this happen before when she's had a stomach thing, but then, she hasn't had a stomach thing quite this badly in a very long time.

I've been checking her a lot more frequently than usual - and we already check 8 - 12 times a day - so I'm seeing these precipitous drops and they're kind of freaking me out. I think I'm going to have to dial back her midnight to 3 a.m. basal rate because she woke up yesterday and this morning at 50. That's verging on scary low, as far as I'm concerned.
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Being sick sucks. Right now my body aches, my head hurts, my ears feel like they have plugs in them, and I feel out of it. The good news though is my sugars aren't out of whack,.which really is the only thing I would be concerned about. Actually, with this new outlook I've been having, my sugars have been fantabulous. It's the funniest, yet most simple and ridiculous, concept with this disease. Ready for it? Here it is,..watch what you eat. Isn't that crazy?! I know it sounds bizarre, but it's true.

And yeah I realize life happens and with it all comes things that affect our sugar. Stress, joy, sadness, adrenaline, and the list goes on and on, you name it,

But really, if you somewhat obsess over what it is you put into your body then you can control your sugars. Yeah, it might mean that you have no life and that all you do is sit at home and watch movies or play on the computer, but you really CAN control your sugars.
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Sick days are usually rough when you're trying to manage blood sugars. Whether it's a cold or a stomach bug, the stress, medicine, and unusual food intake can really wreak havoc on controlling levels.

Satuday morning, I came down with a stomach virus. This is the second one I've had this year, so I feel like I'm an expert at managing blood sugars when I can't keep anything down for hours.

I don't really keep an active sick day plan. I usually just make changes as needed. Being on the pump has made being sick so much easier since I can decrease or increase basals as necessary and prolong boluses just in case I can't keep food down.

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It's about once a week now that my college sends out an important "Flu" reminder. Wash your hands, stay at home if you experience symptoms, and seek treatment immediately for the more severe. We've had several reports of swine flu, including some students in my friends' classes. And more and more of my friends are coming down with colds and "flu-like symptoms."

For me, every reminder and every swine flu diagnosis sends a tiny shock-wave through my system. I know that my immune system isn't that of a healthy, non-diabetic. It has its weak spots, its vulnerabilities. Especially lately with all these highs and crazy numbers.

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I posted last week about feeling out of the ordinary and just plain sick. It was off and on all week with some days feeling great and others feeling terrible. I waited it out through the weekend, trying to take it easy as much as possible and eat as best as I could.

I thought I'd made it through without needing anything other than my immune system. But Tuesday night, I was feeling the worst I'd felt so far. I had suspected a urinary tract infection before, but now I was almost positive. The urgency, the pain, all those telling symptoms were all much worse. To top it off, my blood sugars were lingering in the 200's despite boluses.

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Olivia has caught the crud that's currently rampaging at our house. The two babies have had hacking coughs and boogery noses for a few days now and I've been feeling pretty funky, too. Yesterday Olivia started complaining of a sore throat and today I picked her up from school early because she wasn't feeling well.

Usually when she's sick, she just spikes, but this time, she's spiking and crashing a couple of times a day. I have no clue what to do in this case. Treat the highs and lows, I guess.

At least she's able to keep stuff down. When she gets a stomach virus, she tends to throw up a lot. I'm always paranoid about that with her - we've wound up in the ER more times than I can count in order to get IV fluids into her because she can't keep anything down.
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