Low down dirty dogs
1649 hours.
! Predicted low glucose. Arrow 45 degrees down.
Ah ha! Despite quite a few lows and highs (me: great tour guide, not such a great role model) since the shootout began, this is the first predictive Navigator alarm. I had already decided the predictive system wasn’t worth a shit. Guardian’s is nearly flawless.
But Guardian, right now is show smooth sailing at 116. Hardly an emergency in the making. I get my Red Presto out of my cargo pants.
Click, snap, slurp. Holy crap! 71. I’m wearing two fricken CGMs and a hypo just snuck up on me and whapped me upside the head. So much for technology. I should get one of those hypo-sniffing service dogs and the hell with all the gear. It could sniff out patients too. I’ve had two diabetic patients “go hypo” in my office this week.
I down a bottle of glucose liquid.
1657 hours.
Presto 79. The sugar is doing its job.
Navigator 84 with 45 degree down arrow.
Guardian 104.
1707 hours.
Presto 96.
Navigator 79 and level. She never reached the low threshold at 75.
Guardian, late to party, predicts a low. Current SG 90.
And I bet dog food would cost less than these damn sensors too.
Next time: with dogs come fleas
! Predicted low glucose. Arrow 45 degrees down.
Ah ha! Despite quite a few lows and highs (me: great tour guide, not such a great role model) since the shootout began, this is the first predictive Navigator alarm. I had already decided the predictive system wasn’t worth a shit. Guardian’s is nearly flawless.
But Guardian, right now is show smooth sailing at 116. Hardly an emergency in the making. I get my Red Presto out of my cargo pants.
Click, snap, slurp. Holy crap! 71. I’m wearing two fricken CGMs and a hypo just snuck up on me and whapped me upside the head. So much for technology. I should get one of those hypo-sniffing service dogs and the hell with all the gear. It could sniff out patients too. I’ve had two diabetic patients “go hypo” in my office this week.
I down a bottle of glucose liquid.
1657 hours.
Presto 79. The sugar is doing its job.
Navigator 84 with 45 degree down arrow.
Guardian 104.
1707 hours.
Presto 96.
Navigator 79 and level. She never reached the low threshold at 75.
Guardian, late to party, predicts a low. Current SG 90.
And I bet dog food would cost less than these damn sensors too.
Next time: with dogs come fleas
posted by Wil | 8:00 AM
2 Comments:
I am in Serious agreement with you on the service sniffing pooch. Most definitely much cheaper and More Reliable.
Since I first heard about a beautiful german shepard doing an amazing job as companion and "predictor of lows" with a teenage boy, I was hooked on the idea.
Now, to get the money, the dog....
My endo calls Dixie (my service dog), my "furry continuous blood glucose monitor." She's way more accurate than my trial with a CGM. Cuter too!
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