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Testing through the night

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My daughter Miss Shannon was just dx a little over a month ago type 1 We test at 2 am. It makes for a long day but it is a nice piece of mind knowing her level is ok. If she plays hard the day before it tends to drop in the night among other causes. If it wasn't for the night test things could be much worse for her.
I do think every one is different.
 
When Carly was dx in hospital, I was told to check her every few hours in the night esp at 3am, now 3 months since I still do it most nights for my peace of mind to know she is ok as her level DO drop through the night.
 
This I think is a debate which will not doubt run between diabetics/parents/healthcare professionals till the end of time and yeah I guess everyone does what works for them. The hospital we were with initially told us even though they knew Ben was having night time hypos that they wouldn't advocate testing - why I have no idea - how could any parent sleep anyway knowing there was a high chance there child was having a hypo. Since we switched hospitals and Bens care has improved he has far fewer hypos but we still check - every night at midnight and sometimes around three (generally unless we've had to feed him at midnight or he's running high) Ben has never shown any sign of waking with a hypo - we've got as low as 2 and I could barely rouse him - he could swallow but that was about it. My worry then was he was having so many hypos in general that his liver reserves would also be depleted. Anyway as I said we each need to do whats right for us but I will always be grateful to the people here who switched me onto nightime testing.
 
Just want to say that Carly was hypo at 3am this morning so Im so glad I checked her, I was able to treated her by giving her 100ml orange juice so I don't want to offend anyone but it is better safe than sorry
 
I dont test every night only if i think he needs testing if he is up alot or unsettled.
Every time he has had a hypo at night he has always told us.
 
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