alwayscurious
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i’m such a mess right now. my 14 month doesnt sleep great as he usually goes to bed at 9 ut wakes up then doesn’t sleep until around 10/11pm. he hasn’t been sick or anything lately may i add. but anyway he last night but at 11:30 in the afternoon he still wasn’t awake which i thought was strange (he sleeps with his dad while i go drop off and collect my 4 year old from school). i checked on him and he was incredibly sweaty and tacky. i took his top off and he wasn’t waking up which i was like okay that’s strange. i proper attempted to wake him up and he barely did. when i finally woke him, i sat him up and he just.. flopped. granted he was still half asleep at this point to be fair as i didint give him a chance but he was just not holding himself up and was falling back asleep while sitting. after a few minutes he became a bit sturdier but he couldn’t stay awake. i was rubbing his sternum, tickling his feet, pinching his earlobe and actually holding his eyelids open and while he was concious and did wake up to some degree, i couldn’t really stop him from going back to sleep. he was like a couch potato slumped sitting up on the bed and i tried to keep him awake. he had no rash, no mottled skin, equal reacting pupils, no fever but he was tacky, his resps were fine and his heart rate was too, no vomiting and had a wet nappy earlier that morning around 8am. he didint want his breakfast at 8am.
So within the 10 minutes that i noticed he was like this, I rang the ambulance because the floppiness is what worried me as i initially thought sepsis or something. I perhaps could have waited to go to the ER but I didint want to drive him myself because a) i would probably crash and b) i didint want him going back to sleep. i also just didint want to wait any longer my gut was telling me something was wrong because i’ve never seen him like this. paramedics came and he was more alert at this point and could sit up on his own but he didint want to (he would just throw himself back or forward and try sleep again). he had normal reactions to light but wasn’t interested in anything when he usually would be as he’s usually bubbly and is fascinated by things.
i’m the ambulance, his blood sugar was 1.5 which i know is incredibly low. his blood pressure was low too and his temp was (as my husband told me) 34 something. i accepted at this point that he had sepsis. when we got into the room, they hooked him up to a glucose drip and took his bloods, temp & bp. the bloods were going up very slowly and wouldn’t seem to get past 3.4 so he was given fast acting glucose and now it’s at 6.
so at present, hes improving a lot. he was waving on the phone to his brother, smiling and has rosy cheeks which i haven’t seen all day so far. i couldnt get him to smile at all since this morning. the nurse has checked his urine output and his blood levels are now 8 and he’s taken a bottle and had 3 yogurts. his blood pressure has risen and his temp is 36. he’s much more alert and interactive (he can sit up himself, he’s easier to arouse from sleep, he doesn’t just sit there like a lump not caring he’s actually more interactive now). he’s still not himself at all though.. he’s more irritable and he’s still tired. the doctor said he’s concerned of some underlying issue that prevents his body from using stored glucose efficiently as his levels shouldn’t drop so much just from sleeping and wants to keep him over the weekend to monitor. he said the bloods are going to different countries so will take a few weeks which is so strange to me but he said for now he recommends waking up after a few hours while he’s asleep and give him a bottle. he’s given him an antibiotic drip in the other foot (he’s still on the glucose & fluid drip on a rate of 22 hours) just in case of sepsis ( i freaked hearing this word) but said it’s highly unlikely. i’m assuming that this was a hypoglycemic episode but i don’t know why. i’m happy his numbers are rising, he’s more alert and he’s eating but i’m still an emotional mess. i don’t even know how i’m supposed to sleep without watching him like a hawk all night. i’m also worried i was maybe overreacting by calling an ambulance because maybe this is just viral or something, but my gut told me something was wrong.
any support would be appreciated
i’m such a mess right now. my 14 month doesnt sleep great as he usually goes to bed at 9 ut wakes up then doesn’t sleep until around 10/11pm. he hasn’t been sick or anything lately may i add. but anyway he last night but at 11:30 in the afternoon he still wasn’t awake which i thought was strange (he sleeps with his dad while i go drop off and collect my 4 year old from school). i checked on him and he was incredibly sweaty and tacky. i took his top off and he wasn’t waking up which i was like okay that’s strange. i proper attempted to wake him up and he barely did. when i finally woke him, i sat him up and he just.. flopped. granted he was still half asleep at this point to be fair as i didint give him a chance but he was just not holding himself up and was falling back asleep while sitting. after a few minutes he became a bit sturdier but he couldn’t stay awake. i was rubbing his sternum, tickling his feet, pinching his earlobe and actually holding his eyelids open and while he was concious and did wake up to some degree, i couldn’t really stop him from going back to sleep. he was like a couch potato slumped sitting up on the bed and i tried to keep him awake. he had no rash, no mottled skin, equal reacting pupils, no fever but he was tacky, his resps were fine and his heart rate was too, no vomiting and had a wet nappy earlier that morning around 8am. he didint want his breakfast at 8am.
So within the 10 minutes that i noticed he was like this, I rang the ambulance because the floppiness is what worried me as i initially thought sepsis or something. I perhaps could have waited to go to the ER but I didint want to drive him myself because a) i would probably crash and b) i didint want him going back to sleep. i also just didint want to wait any longer my gut was telling me something was wrong because i’ve never seen him like this. paramedics came and he was more alert at this point and could sit up on his own but he didint want to (he would just throw himself back or forward and try sleep again). he had normal reactions to light but wasn’t interested in anything when he usually would be as he’s usually bubbly and is fascinated by things.
i’m the ambulance, his blood sugar was 1.5 which i know is incredibly low. his blood pressure was low too and his temp was (as my husband told me) 34 something. i accepted at this point that he had sepsis. when we got into the room, they hooked him up to a glucose drip and took his bloods, temp & bp. the bloods were going up very slowly and wouldn’t seem to get past 3.4 so he was given fast acting glucose and now it’s at 6.
so at present, hes improving a lot. he was waving on the phone to his brother, smiling and has rosy cheeks which i haven’t seen all day so far. i couldnt get him to smile at all since this morning. the nurse has checked his urine output and his blood levels are now 8 and he’s taken a bottle and had 3 yogurts. his blood pressure has risen and his temp is 36. he’s much more alert and interactive (he can sit up himself, he’s easier to arouse from sleep, he doesn’t just sit there like a lump not caring he’s actually more interactive now). he’s still not himself at all though.. he’s more irritable and he’s still tired. the doctor said he’s concerned of some underlying issue that prevents his body from using stored glucose efficiently as his levels shouldn’t drop so much just from sleeping and wants to keep him over the weekend to monitor. he said the bloods are going to different countries so will take a few weeks which is so strange to me but he said for now he recommends waking up after a few hours while he’s asleep and give him a bottle. he’s given him an antibiotic drip in the other foot (he’s still on the glucose & fluid drip on a rate of 22 hours) just in case of sepsis ( i freaked hearing this word) but said it’s highly unlikely. i’m assuming that this was a hypoglycemic episode but i don’t know why. i’m happy his numbers are rising, he’s more alert and he’s eating but i’m still an emotional mess. i don’t even know how i’m supposed to sleep without watching him like a hawk all night. i’m also worried i was maybe overreacting by calling an ambulance because maybe this is just viral or something, but my gut told me something was wrong.
any support would be appreciated