[panda1076]

albertinex

In your case, the pump is probably better than shots for your son's situation since you'll be able to control the basal rate per hour or half hour with pump settings tailored to your son's needs.

If he's going low in the middle of the night, or during a time when he's not eating and bolusing, then his basal insulin is not at the right levels. Or if he's on lantus for example, he can't tweak what he's getting at different times of day. So you end up finding a balance which means sometimes you are igh and sometimes low. So he would be better off on a pump where you can fine tune how much insulin you get per hour/half hour.

I shouldn't assume you know how a pump works... basically, instead of taking Lantus or a long-lasting insulin, you only take fast acting, and you tell the pump how much fast acting to drip per hour. So for example, i was using 8 units of lantus per 24 hours but it stopped working around hour 21-22 and i was always low after breakfast. Now I use .15 u/hr or .45 u/hr or .5 u/hr, depending on time of day. And i can fast all day and have a flat BG of 100 or so all day long.