6:30am - I checked in with the nurse, and found out her BG was high (719) last night after eating, which calls for 4 units of Humalog, but they gave her 28 units over several hours! Her BG is 400 now, so that ought to bring her blood sugar down to about minus 3000 in a few more hours! I warned her RN and the desk RN that she'll be crashing soon, and she'll probably need IV dextrose to save her.
8:30am - Sure enough, they measured a few hours later and her BG was 58, then 34. Ack!
9:30am - They gave her 50 mL of D50 push, and it appeared to solve the problem, bringing BG up to 172.
BG stayed above 100 the rest of the day, climbing and settling at around 240 for several hours, then starting up again later.
3:30 - They're trying to get her discharged today. Seems like the BG is doing ok, after the shot of dextrose.
They were ready for her to leave before the RN shift change at 7pm, but we didn't get out of there until around 9pm. Ran into the neighbor as we were pulling into the garage, and chatted for quite awhile. Finally got into the house around 10pm.
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