Tried really hard to kill Ben tonight

[Likameow]

I got in a rush to go to work (I fly on an air ambulance and got paged for a flight). So I hurried up and drew up Ben's insulin dose and gave it to him before I rushed out the door. On my way to the airport it dawned on me that I had given him WAY to much. When I got home four hours later, his blood sugar was 27. So now I'm over on the Main Board getting help for a hypo.

The ironic thing about all this is the patient I went for was Hyperglycemic.

It's been almost a year and I was doing so well. Can't believe that I screwed up so badly. *Bad guardian*

 

[Cat Ma]

Mistakes happen but you caught it quickly. Glad you are at home and monitoring Ben closely. No use beating yourself up. You have taken the right steps.

 

[Rachel]

Glad you caught it! So sorry I wasn't around...I was off in dreamland when you posted. Mistakes happen...the point is that you monitored and did everything you could for him. How is he this morning?

 

[Likameow]

439 this morning which I know is a bounce from the low numbers last night. Ben was a trooper through it all and acted just fine no matter what his sugar was. The only bright side of it all was the look on my boss's face ( Who is deathly allergic to cats ) when I came back to work with Ben in a carrier. I told him I needed to find somebody to work for me or it was going to be "take your hypoglycemic cat to work night."

 

[Rusty/Jen & Ernie]

I must say, it isn't a funny event. However, I got a chuckle out of "Bring your hypo cat to work night!"

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Wow, Lisa. So Ben got to ride around in a helicopter last night? I imagine that raised his BG on its own. I am just glad you realized it! Really good Mommy senses coming into play there.

 

[Likameow]

He just got to go to the hospital with me. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't let him fly. I did get paged for another flight during this whole ordeal but another coworker went in my place.

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

I thought maybe he'd be zipping around with you, flying high! Literally, as that would be a very effective way to raise that low number.

 

[Robin&BB]

The ironic thing about all this is the patient I went for was Hyperglycemic.
It's been almost a year and I was doing so well. Can't believe that I screwed up so badly. *Bad guardian*

That is ironic! You handled all that really, really well last night! Mistakes happen sometimes despite our best intent; the important thing is that you did all the right stuff to correct Ben's crashing #. So don't beat yourself up, Lisa!

 

[granadilla]

Glad to hear he's back up. I'm sure that accidental high dosage will never happen again! Sorry you both had to go through this, but he came through it like a champ.