A prayer request to those of y'all so inclined to pray

[Brokenhandle]

Prayers sent for your family Doug! Sounds like things are improving... hope it continues!

Ryan

 

[912smoker]

Continued prayers for all Doug !

Keith

 

[Winterrider]

continued, and hopefully full recovery !

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Sounds like good news Doug. Still praying for y'all and the care givers...

 

[bmudd14474]

Praying for continued healing

 

[DougE]

Sounds like good news Doug. Still praying for y'all and the care givers...

I think he is outta the woods now, but they have got to get a handle on regulating his blood sugar and insulin, somehow. This is no easy task. We have a man with Down Syndrome who eats mostly carbs and pretty much is going to eat what he wants to.

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Continued prayers Doug!

 

[Fueling Around]

My thoughts and prayers go out for you.
Not an easy solution to get this under control

 

[DougE]

Looking a bit more like his old self tonight.

 

[DougE]

My thoughts and prayers go out for you.
Not an easy solution to get this under control

Strange thing is that he has been on these 2 types of insulin for several years without any issue. Only recently did his sugar start tanking in the morning. The wife quit giving him the night time one a couple days after he had to be taken by ambulance for the seizure.

That may have contributed to the ketoacidosis ........ plenty of glucose available but not enough insulin to process it. Her thinking was that blood sugar on the high side in the morning for a few days was better than him going into another seizure until medicaid approved the new night time shot. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say. Neither choice would have been a good one.

 

[DougE]

Looking a bit more like his old self tonight.

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This boy may not look very big, but he can eat his weight in smoked meatloaf. I usually make a couple 2 pound loaves at a time and hide the second one so the rest of us have something to eat. He'll load his plate with most of the one I leave on the cutting board.

I also have one of the storage drawers in the house fridge that everyone pretty much knows is off limits for my stuff. The next day at lunch, he will raid my fridge drawer and help himself to any left over meatloaf and proudly inform me that he did it lol.

 

[DougE]

They started him on a regular diet today .......pancakes for breakfast.

Today is his daddy's birthday. The original plan was for him to bring pizza and hang out with his dad (wife taking him there, of course). His dad is going to bring the pizza to him and spend time with him in the hospital instead.

He will either be cut loose or moved to a regular room tomorrow.

 

[pineywoods]

Good to hear he's on the mend continued Prayers for continued progress.
Anything about Metformin or Januvia, Mounjaro?
I take a combination of the three and am at pre diabetic A1C levels. I also eat what I want

 

[DougE]

Well, they were going to send him home this afternoon. Unfortunately, his blood sugar spiked, so they are keeping him at least until tomorrow. There has to be some explanation for his blood sugar swings ......... especially in a clinical setting as he is in now.

 

[DougE]

Anything about Metformin or Januvia, Mounjaro?

He was on Metformin at one time but has progressed to the point of being insulin dependent. He has been on two different types of insulin for a few years now ......... one short acting and one longer acting. The one he takes at night recently started tanking his blood glucose to around 40 some mornings but it might be 120 other mornings. His night time shot has recently been changed to a better one that should work better but he ended up in the hospital before medicaid gave the approval.

 

[TimboBBQ!]

I have a 40 year old step-son who has Down Syndrome. Yesterday morning, he came down with what seemed to be a simple stomach virus ...... vomiting and the like.

He was still pretty sick throughout the day, today, still not being able to keep anything down. The wife took him to the ER late this afternoon.

They diagnosed him with sepsis and low blood oxygen.

He is a very sick boy. He is in good hands where he is at, but I ask for prayers for him, the medical staff caring for him, and my wife, especially.

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Gotcha we have a non verbal Autistic son and the struggle is real. Prayers your way

 

[indaswamp]

Wow DougE ! Continued prayers for your son's recovery.

Your son is type 1 diabetic correct? How are his kidneys functioning?? I only ask because I learned a TON about ketones researching the keto diet...

 

[DougE]

Wow DougE ! Continued prayers for your son's recovery.

Your son is type 1 diabetic correct? How are his kidneys functioning?? I only ask because I learned a TON about ketones researching the keto diet...

He was type 2 originally, but progressed to needing insulin injections some time ago.

 

[DougE]

Gotcha we have a non verbal Autistic son and the struggle is real. Prayers your way

Jason is pretty high functioning for someone with Down Syndrome. He mostly cooks for himself, can use computers, etc, only needing a little assistance here and there.

 

[TimboBBQ!]

Jason is pretty high functioning for someone with Down Syndrome. He mostly cooks for himself, can use computers, etc, only needing a little assistance here and there.

That’s a blessing for sure . Our son is totally dependent on us but he is our angel