Jennifer and her husband Armando

[strongcuppajoe]

She is a good friend to me and I found out lat night he (her hubby) was put into the ICU with his blood sugar at 1700! (I did not know it could go that high) but they have him on an insulin pump and he is staying in ICU for now.. they said at least 48 more hrs...

[Titus]

My prayers are with your friends.

[JesusLovesYou]

Praying for your friends.

[RoyS]

Praying here.

[historyb]

praying now

[HighBeams]

:shock::shock::shock:

Was he even conscious when he was admitted? I'm surprised he didn't explode. I'm assuming that he is in ketoacidosis at this point. If that is true, they will need to balance his sugars very slowly. (Hence the 48 hours.) Balancing too quickly can result in brain swelling and subsequent damage.

Prayers going up for them now, bro.

[strongcuppajoe]

Yeah I think he was they only allow her in at the moment and only for 30min at a time.. From what she says it is lowering slowly but he will be in ICU for the rest of the week. but she says she see's improvement

[other one]

My goodness, I don't think I've ever heard of sugar being that high...

What could possibly cause that?

[HighBeams]

My goodness, I don't think I've ever heard of sugar being that high...

What could possibly cause that?

Long-term, undiagnosed (and therefore uncontrolled) diabetes is the first thing that comes to mind. When I had to take my niece to the hospital where we first discovered that she was Type 1 diabetic, she was in a state of ketoacidosis and was not entirely coherent. She wasn't in a coma, but her sugars were extremely high (more than 850, 900). Normal blood sugar is supposed to be between 80 and 150. She was hospitalized for 4 days, but they took the first 36 hours to stabilize her sugars. The remaining hospitalization was for monitoring her condition and giving her diabetic training.

[Hansc]

Praying here too.