Hypoglycemia Seizure

Published Nov 2, 2011

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Specializes in Education, NICU, Pediatrics, OB, Leaders.

Good evening! I generally post on here as a nurse but today I am posting as a mom!:)

My daughter is a type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed 1.5 years ago. She is 13 years old now. Three weeks ago her pump catheter kinked (again) and she woke up with a blood sugar of 515 with large ketones. Finally after a few hours we was able to get this down. She ended up in the hospital, despite drinking tons of water, with severe dehydration. She was experiencing bad stomach pains and after a few days and a couple more ED visits found out she was constipated from everything.

Well then this past Sunday morning my husband went in to check on her and check her glucose level. Her eyes were fixed and dilated as well as she was twitching. Her glucose was 55. I went to get a juice box but she was unable to swallow. I then grabbed her glucogon and administered it. Immediately after I did this she went into a HUGE seizure activity. Her lips where blue as she was gasping for air. She also bit her tongue pretty bad during the process. (I would of given anything to have suction and O2 at this point!)

She was taken by ambulance to the hospital and monitored for the day. For about 4 hours past this seizure she did not remember anything from the previous night or that morning. That did seem to come back.

Since this time she is still complaining of stomach pain and headaches. We have adjusted numbers on her insulin pump as well. She seems to remember things but just seems to be much slower at comprehending what is going on. I feel that she is just not back to her normal self yet.

What are your suggestions? Is this behavior normal after a hypoglycemic seizure? Why would her head and stomach still hurt?

Thanks for your help!