LO!

As much as the parent of a diabetic doesn't like the blood glucose meter to greet you with a HI (meaning blood sugar ABOVE 600), you REALLY don't want to see LO.

LO means less than 20. Many diabetics have had seizures with blood sugar levels higher than that.

We got a LO on the meter yesterday. It was during a time that Emma typically goes a little low, so we were checking her. We got a LO on the meter! So, while I was checking it again, Mike got Emma some juice. My 2nd reading was 24 - so that LO was pretty accurate.

Emma's only symptom of a problem with a bit of stumbling disoirentation. She doesn't know when she's low - or if she does, she doesn't know how to explain how she is feeling.

So, after quite a few days of degrees of lows around dinner, I lowered Emma's basal rate during that time. Not that I can check it today, as she has been running high all day so its tough to tell how effective a change in treatment is.