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cinnamongrrl · 09-29-2012, 03:28 PM

I'm swimming in an enormous sea of guilt right now..... I work for a client who is diabetic. His sugars have been running high the past week or so...and even though he HAD been off the insulin (since he improved his diet) he caved in and got some insulin because of the recent highs. WELL....today he had me take his blood sugar before he ate. It registered high. He had me give him insulin. Then for some reason, it occurred to him that maybe his test strips were bad. I tested his b/s with NEW test strips only to find that it was actually LOW...and the insulin would be bringing it down a LOT more in the next 2 hours. I had to load him up with honey and chocolate and juice to bring his b/s up. All I could think was if something happened it would have been me that gave him the insulin...and god FORBID this had happened after I had put him to bed....I honestly didnt know that test strips expire...I PROBABLY learned that in nursing school (I stated but never finished) Im just exceptionally grateful that he is so very in tune with his body and he's going to be ok now....but it was a close call and left me more than slightly rattled...to say the least....

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cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,661 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,232 Thanked 27,598 Times in 6,955 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I'm swimming in an enormous sea of guilt right now..... I work for a client who is diabetic. His sugars have been running high the past week or so...and even though he HAD been off the insulin (since he improved his diet) he caved in and got some insulin because of the recent highs. WELL....today he had me take his blood sugar before he ate. It registered high. He had me give him insulin. Then for some reason, it occurred to him that maybe his test strips were bad. I tested his b/s with NEW test strips only to find that it was actually LOW...and the insulin would be bringing it down a LOT more in the next 2 hours. I had to load him up with honey and chocolate and juice to bring his b/s up. All I could think was if something happened it would have been me that gave him the insulin...and god FORBID this had happened after I had put him to bed....I honestly didnt know that test strips expire...I PROBABLY learned that in nursing school (I stated but never finished) Im just exceptionally grateful that he is so very in tune with his body and he's going to be ok now....but it was a close call and left me more than slightly rattled...to say the least....