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Brushes with Death

Monday, March 23, 2009

There's a real danger in having low hypos during sleep time because it can sometimes result in a hypoglycaemic coma and sometimes even death. As much as I hope to not make a big deal out of it, it unfortunately is the reality of the situation. When I wake up in the middle of the night shaking with sweat all over my face, I know I just had a brush with death.

Being at camp over the past 3 days was admittedly a little scary. For one, I didn't know where my blood sugars were heading amid the hustle and the bustle of camp. Of the few times I tested, I did find my sugars a little on the high side and one morning when I was a little low. I thought it was the lack of sleep over the past 2 nights that made me wake up that tired, but I realized that it was because I was headed for a crash. Thankfully though, I woke up just in time to treat it.

I had another brush with death last night, but I didn't wake up to treat it. I think my body was too tired from camp to even realize that I was in that hypo state. Going to bed with a 4.6 on my meter seemed like it was ok, but I guess it didn't occur to me that it was on a downward trend. Waking up with a 20.6 (!!!) was a sure sign that my liver (over)compensated for that dip in my blood sugars and prevented me from getting myself in a coma.

It's really like God's grace. In the wear and tear that life sometimes throws at us, it's His abundant grace that keeps us safe and sustains us.

Rachel wrote in the pages of her life at 10:07 PM

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