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Pear going pear shaped??

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Well Lola has been around 15 for the last few days with a cold. So I finally called the nurse and we decided to put her on a temporary basal of 130% and see how that went. I'd just literally set that up on the pump, then checked her before lunch and she was 2.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The lowest for a week. All I can think is that it's the pear she had for mid morning snack. I entered the whole thing as 14 CHO, assumed pear was 10CHO per 100g. I used the bolus wizard. Do not know how that happened. Cancelled the temp basal. Now she's asleep. Sigh. No wonder she is cranky these days. Might put this one on the pumping forum too.
 
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So how many units does it deliver for the 14CHO............

For small pears, apples, satsumas I take them as 10g of carbs.........
 
I had a look via google at the carbs in a pear and they came back as between 10 and 15 per 100g.

It's possible that she is getting over her cold so the increased basal rate was too high - that would be my suspicion anyway - but its just a guess.
 
But did the pear weigh 100g?!?
 
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