JediSkipdogg
07-14-2007, 03:50 AM
Last night totally blew. I was trying to get a good night's sleep for my 12 hour shift today at work. Let's just say, I have no idea how much sleep I got. I tested last night before bed at 10 pm and was 134. Great number for me so no problems there.
Oh yeah, I was also due for a set change last night, but wanted to wait till this morning because I didn't want to bother with it when I wanted more sleep. Big mistake.
11:10 pm - I get an occlusion alarm. Notice how long it takes me to acknowledge the alarm....
11:44 pm - I acknowledge the alarm as my pump is now screaming and vibrating continually. I clear it, disconnect, prime 6.0 units, it works, and reconnect. I thought I just layed on the tubing wrong, so I ignored the alarm and went back to sleep.
11:49 pm - My low cartridge goes off. I had 28 units prior to going to bed, which was plenty to last me through the night till 6:00 am when I could change the cartridge and not have a low cartridge alarm. However, the 6 unit prime above killed that chance.
1:37 am - I get another occlusion. I guess I wasn't thinking or was way out of it, because again, look how long before I acknowledge it.
2:11 am - I finally acknowledge the above alarm, but for some reason, do nothing with my set. I again, disconnect, prime 4.0 units, reconnect, and go. Both times so far insulin has come out of the tubing perfect.
3:31 am - I get another occlusion. But guess what, I'm so tired from the previous two wakeups and alarms blaring and vibrating on me that again, I don't acknowledge for a while...
4:22 am - I finally acknowledge the above alarm. This is it, I'm up now, so rip the old set out (which looks partially infected now) and put a new infusion set in.
4:26 am - I test after changing the set and find out I'm running 357. That might seem high, but that would be pretty much exactly on with me not getting any insulin since 10 am. I give bolus and get ready to finish up when....
4:28 am - I get a replace battery alarm while my bolus is being given. I had 2 out of 3 bars for the past month and hadn't received a low battery alarm yet. However, from my pump alarming for about 3 hours overnight total, I'd say that could kill a battery. So I look at my bolus history, see what was given, and give the rest of the bolus with a new battery.
4:29 am - During the battery change, I look at my pump and see a crack. I had the old battery out and was putting the new one in where I saw the crack THE EXACT SAME SPOT AS MY LAST PUMP (right down the side by the battery cap.) I hadn't even tightened the battery cap on yes (just hand tightened so far.) I knwo it wasn't like this in Vegas because I wore my pump in the pool and actually checked it before getting in for cracks.
6:45 am - I test once I'm at work and I'm down to 219 now. I'll test again in an hour and see where I'm at then. But ****, I now have 12 hours ahead of me and didn't get much sleep.
So, I'll be calling Animas later today (if I can) and asking for a new pump for another crack. I actually think this is my 3rd crack on the 1200 series and all in the same spots.
Ok, my rant/story is done.
Oh yeah, I was also due for a set change last night, but wanted to wait till this morning because I didn't want to bother with it when I wanted more sleep. Big mistake.
11:10 pm - I get an occlusion alarm. Notice how long it takes me to acknowledge the alarm....
11:44 pm - I acknowledge the alarm as my pump is now screaming and vibrating continually. I clear it, disconnect, prime 6.0 units, it works, and reconnect. I thought I just layed on the tubing wrong, so I ignored the alarm and went back to sleep.
11:49 pm - My low cartridge goes off. I had 28 units prior to going to bed, which was plenty to last me through the night till 6:00 am when I could change the cartridge and not have a low cartridge alarm. However, the 6 unit prime above killed that chance.
1:37 am - I get another occlusion. I guess I wasn't thinking or was way out of it, because again, look how long before I acknowledge it.
2:11 am - I finally acknowledge the above alarm, but for some reason, do nothing with my set. I again, disconnect, prime 4.0 units, reconnect, and go. Both times so far insulin has come out of the tubing perfect.
3:31 am - I get another occlusion. But guess what, I'm so tired from the previous two wakeups and alarms blaring and vibrating on me that again, I don't acknowledge for a while...
4:22 am - I finally acknowledge the above alarm. This is it, I'm up now, so rip the old set out (which looks partially infected now) and put a new infusion set in.
4:26 am - I test after changing the set and find out I'm running 357. That might seem high, but that would be pretty much exactly on with me not getting any insulin since 10 am. I give bolus and get ready to finish up when....
4:28 am - I get a replace battery alarm while my bolus is being given. I had 2 out of 3 bars for the past month and hadn't received a low battery alarm yet. However, from my pump alarming for about 3 hours overnight total, I'd say that could kill a battery. So I look at my bolus history, see what was given, and give the rest of the bolus with a new battery.
4:29 am - During the battery change, I look at my pump and see a crack. I had the old battery out and was putting the new one in where I saw the crack THE EXACT SAME SPOT AS MY LAST PUMP (right down the side by the battery cap.) I hadn't even tightened the battery cap on yes (just hand tightened so far.) I knwo it wasn't like this in Vegas because I wore my pump in the pool and actually checked it before getting in for cracks.
6:45 am - I test once I'm at work and I'm down to 219 now. I'll test again in an hour and see where I'm at then. But ****, I now have 12 hours ahead of me and didn't get much sleep.
So, I'll be calling Animas later today (if I can) and asking for a new pump for another crack. I actually think this is my 3rd crack on the 1200 series and all in the same spots.
Ok, my rant/story is done.