What a week Scarlet is having! :( She started getting sick with a cold this last week and it has now turned into an ear infection. Erika took her to the doctor today and they gave her an antibiotic. Unfortunately Amoxicillin apparently has a fair amount of sugar since her sugar levels are now around 300! On top of that she's had ketones all day ranging from small to large. Large is NOT good! Her breathing started getting rapid and she was getting the beginning signs of ketoacidosis. Erika has to give her short lasting insulin shots every two hours until the ketones are gone. It's going to be a long, long night! So much for diabetes doing well! We sure are hoping that she has the temporary and not permanent diabetes!
For those that don't know, ketones happen when the body is breaking down it's own fat for energy instead of using insulin. Ketoacidosis is the beginning signs of the diabetic coma coming on. So it's been a pretty scary day for Blake and Erika! Last I heard the ketones were still fluctuating quite a bit but the ketoacidosis signs went away.
We believe part of the issue with Scarlet getting ketones so easily is that she's so small. She's a year old and 18 lbs. That's in the +/-20%, her height (26") is in the 1% range and head in the 38% range. She's really nicely proportioned but has obviously got the small size of my family! She seems to get ketones if she's teething, gets her shots or is sick or a combination there of. Unfortunately she just got her shots last week so that may have made her more vulnerable.
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