A Bump In the Night
The other night I was sleeping blissfully when I woke up to
a small bang and a sharp pain in my stomach. I sleepily wiped my eyes and felt
for my pump, it was no longer attached to my body. In my sleep I grumbled at
the thought of getting up walking to the bathroom, grabbing my supplies, and
then stabbing my cannula into my body. It was in this moment I decided to be
dangerous the next Evel Knievel. Instead of jumping off of tall buildings or
over a line of cars I was going to do the most daring thing of all…go back to
sleep.
I know there are some of you who must be thinking I am crazy
person and that I was risking my life. What you should know though is that I
wouldn’t have another basal dosage until 7:00am and would be waking up around
5:30am that morning. I figured in my sleepy state of mind that it wouldn’t hurt
to stay detached for a brief moment and I rolled over and went to bed without
my robot companion.
My alarm went off and as I willed myself to get out of bed.
My hubs came in the room and said in a calm, but concerned voice, “isn’t your
pumps suppose to be attached to you”? Grumpily (which is my normal state in the
morning until I have had coffee) I replied, “yes, it ripped out of me last
night and I didn’t feel like fixing it”. And with that said, my husband
shrugged and said “ok” and then I got into the shower.
Before I ate my breakfast I grabbed all of my supplies to
reinsert my pump and in a matter of seconds became a robot again. I checked my
blood sugars (unfortunately they were high, I think my body did it to be mean)
gave myself some insulin and continued with my morning routine.
You won this one diabetes…
i would have done the same thing. except probably given myself a small shot before going back to sleep
ReplyDeleteWe all have to live on the edge once in awhile :-) Glad that nothing serious happened. I would have done the same thing....how safe is it really to do a set change when you are sleeping!
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