Katie and Amy made it home by about 5:30 pm and a quick look at Amy's face told me just what kind of day she had had. Katie was subdued but happy and feeling alright for the moment She was just glad to be home.
The rest of the evening has gone pretty well, with Katie remaining comfortable but a little low on energy. Josh played video games with me and Katie watched some Dora and also watched us play a bit. Amy tried to get a little time by herself, even if it was just in the kitchen loading the dishwasher and putting away dishes.
We think we now know what was so wrong with Katie this morning. The doctors at Fletcher Allen, after listening to Amy explain Katie's symptoms, believe that Katie was displaying signs of a very low blood sugar level. We had been told that a diabetic-like inability to control blood sugar levels was a possible side-effect of the 6MP that she has been taking, but we had not seen any signs of it up until now. Apparently, we could have minimized the problem or even eliminated it this morning if we had just given Katie something sugary to eat or drink. Instead we gave her water and bland food so we wouldn't upset her stomach further. That, of course, didn't help to raise her blood sugar level at all.
At least there is an upside to this new side-effect - Katie now has a good reason to start her day with a little chocolate...
3 comments:
Glad to hear you can solve that problem, nothing like a little fright to get you going in the morning,as if mornings are hard enough! Well I hope you all have a good weekend and just lay low and enjoy each other. Just think vacation wk will be here before you know it and hopefully you all can enjoy that time together.
Ricky it just broke my heart to hear see you write about how you called Amy wondering how things were going but got no answer, you know we look at things so different than you guys have to and its sad. You know I wonder how my kdis are doing at school, and go on about my day and I am almost 99.99% sure i will see them run off the bus, but poor you two, your day must have been horrible just wondering, what is going on, is my little girl OK, i know Amy would have called you but still its the little what if's. Ricky you are a great person and i am sure Amy is as well. Take Care and enjoy you wkend...
Tina
Morning guys
I am glad you know how t make Katie feel better. I am forever thinking of you. Justin said this morning that we need to change the radio ad for the bike ride maybe next week so be listening to hear it. I have to go to work now love you aunt michelle.
HI, Kelleys: I have thought for years that there wasn't anything much better than starting one's day with chocolate!So now you know how to deal with that one!
Hope you have a quiet weeknd together--I am looking forward to that after being very busy!
Love to all,
Suzanne.
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