The Sound Of Ambulances In The Night
Last night, I got to experience something new. Personally, I’m not sure I appreciated it as much as I should have, in fact, I was very much annoyed by it. And, I didn’t respond to it the way I should’ve responded to it. That very well might have voided out the whole reason of me getting a constant glucose monitoring system (that I haven’t blogged about, I know, I’m a bit behind these days).
So, here’s what happened. At some point in the middle of the night, I was awaken by what sounded like a very muted ambulance. My first thought was my watch, so I put my wrist up to my ear, nope, not my watch. I couldn’t figure out what it was so I sat up. Apparently, I had been sleeping on top of my pump, which is why the sound was muffled. My pump doesn’t ever make a sound, I’ve got it on vibrate so I didn’t know what it’s problem was. It seriously was making the sound of an ambulance. wheeew wheeew wheeew. It got on my nerves quickly. So I looked at what it’s problem was, oh, it says I’m low.
So, this is where I didn’t respond the way I should’ve, I turned off the alarm, laid back down and went back to sleep. I did that 5 times. Not once did I ever get up and check my blood the way it was telling me I should’ve.
So, here I have this tool, to help me out, because I don’t feel/sense my low blood sugars, and I typically don’t wake up in the middle of the night if I’m low. It alarms and I actually wake up, and then I proceed to ignore it. The little graph shows that I was in the 60s. I woke up at 80. I’m one lucky person because that could’ve not ended well (read: because I’m an idiot my parents could’ve had another “we need to rescue our seizing daughter” incident).
I’m gonna have to work on my response the the sound of the ambulance in the middle of the night. But hopefully, I don’t hear it for a couple months, that would be nice…
7 Responses to “The Sound Of Ambulances In The Night”
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August 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Don’t be too surprised. This is a known phenomenon. I hope they think about allowing us to choose random night-time alarm sounds. That might make us less likely to ignore them.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I didn’t even know it would make a sound like that, I have my settings on “vibrate” so I was shocked about that. But to have looked at the pump and for it to have said that I was below 80 and then to have ignored it…and then to do that 5 times over…that was just stupid on my part…
August 14th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Please listen to the sirens!!! I have no desire to read what you are posting from a hospital bed! I enjoy the action posts!!!
Good luck with your interview… Also, keep up the PMA!
August 14th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Hey Toni, which cell are you voting for?
August 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Be careful girl!
August 16th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Maybe you can buy a horse and train it to kick you in the head when that sounds goes off. GEEZ! Take care of yourself, okay? Don’t want anything to happen to you! PS Sorry about bagging the ride this morning. I have many, many good excuses.
August 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
hahaha! that comment was probably meant to be more serious than I’m taking it, but it’s funny, a horse kicking me in the head…LOL…yes, I am that easily amused…