EMTs at midnight

so on Monday night after going to bed.  Tom fell asleep in an instant-normal for him.  but while  I am reading, his cgm starts beeping. i know that is the one indicating low sugar.  after going downstairs t get him juice, he drank it and fell back to sleep.  but it kept beeping and he started thrashing around.  his body was so hot, I could hardly touch him.

I have been here before but not in a long time.  so even though it is midnight and I know he will not like it, I called 911.  fortunately for us the new fire station  which is five miles from our home opened recently.  while it felt like a long time, they arrived very quickly.

when they tested his blood, the reading was 33!  This time I stayed calm, after 30 years I finally learned that panic doesn't help.  but that doesn't mean it wasn't stressful.  Once the EMTs left, we had to change the sheets, blanket, and the mattress cover since everything was so wet from his sweat.

Afterwards, he fell asleep in a second but it took an hour for me to fall asleep.  he felt great the next day, and I dragged myself around until I went to sleep early.

He thanked me for "helping" him.  but won't talk about why it happened.  and he won't call the doc, saying he will tell her the next time he sees her - in 3 months!


Sigh, its just the way it is.

I'm ok leave me alone!

Go away, leave me alone!
When I finally looked, his glucose was 38!
so I gave him a small glass of juice and now I wait.
He keeps trying to read his monitor, hoping it will change, I guess.
Now he is zoning out again.
I guess if he actually passes out, I can call the EMTs and then he will be angry on top of everything else.  and, that is such a time suck.
I'm hoping the juice was enough to at least jump start him!
sigh, another day in paradise.