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Nope, not a new Nancy Drew mystery, unfortunately. It's much more prosaic.
Olivia has been using the One Touch Mini since last summer. She got a new, downloadable one at the endo appointment in February. It's her favourite meter.
However, yesterday I went to put her numbers for the last couple of days in the meter and I noticed that she tested her blood sugar at 4-ish on Friday and never checked it again until the next day. She swears up and down that she did check it, but there's nothing in her pump and nothing in the meter. Check that - there are carbs and insulin doses in her pump, but no blood sugar readings.
So do I call the meter company or do I stand over her while she checks and enters her blood sugar for the next couple of days, to make sure she's actually doing it? Given her history of not entering blood sugars into her pump, I'm inclined to think that she's not checking as opposed to it being the meter on the fritz.
Have any of you had this problem? Maybe someone with a younger child who's doing the checks and logging immediately afterwards has seen these disappearing blood sugar readings. If so, could you let me know so I can call the meter company and not feel like a total gullible mum? I, and my shaky hold on my sanity, thank you.
Hi Julia,
Just a thought, but does Olivia have the MiniMed pump? For what it's worth I find it really tedious to manually enter any BG over about 140 and I could understand a girl Olivia's age not wanting to deal with that at school.
That may not be the source of the d-burnout, but maybe it would help her to get a new toy that makes this easier. Have you tried the OneTouch Ultralink, or is there any way you can get ahold of one? At least then any BG tests will be beamed directly to the pump, and maybe a little techno-joy will make it more appealing for Olivia to test.
Good luck!
I've never had any disappearing blood sugar readings. But, I've never used the One Touch. We use Freestyle.
The best way to solve the mystery is to make her test, watch her test, and then see. If there are not any disappearing numbers when you do that, then you'll know it wasn't the meter.
Hey Julia! I agree with sara n. dipity on this one. If you make entering the blood sugars in a little easier (or effort FREE), she might check more. I went through this phase when I was her age. Testing is mundane and just plain crappy. Maybe set up some sort of reward system for her if she checks. I know it's health and she needs to do it on her own without rewards, but you have to make it a habit for her first. Best of luck!
Hi Julia!! Gee this sounds familiar to me because my parents had the same problem with me. It has nothing to do with blood sugar machine she is using. I agree with Lindsey Guerin, try and set up some rewards system that will make her want to check her blood sugars. Although this is not something you should have to do in order to make your daughter test. In one of your previous blogs I had told you your daughter has to make the choice to do this, you can "nag" her and "nag" her and she won't listen. Olivia may be bolusing but by not testing she isn't giving accurate dosing. I really hope your daughter knows the consequences of not checking her blood sugars. If you ever need someone who has " been there and done that" please let me know I would love to help.