A DIY diabetes kit

i imagine you are trying to keep your child textbook perfect as far as glucose levels. this is close to impossible for a child this young. in general you can keep a diabetic around 100-150 as long as they are not above 150 for extended periods of time it avoids the negative issues associated with diabetes. always safer to run a little high verse low. you could turn down the insulin pump at night until child around 125 and chance of low sugar would decrease. when child gets older can strive for "perfect" control. if diabetic 150 or below and 180 or below at meals most of the long term negative health issues are avoided. 75-95 and 120 meals is the text book numbers but difficult to maintain. good luck when he gets older dealing with the candy and soda issue. one of the very difficult times with a type 1 diabetic explaining and convincing the child they cant have candy like the other kids. also when he gets older avoid all the diet foods and drinks, esp. nutrasweet. stevia might be ok we dont know yet for sure. nutrasweet is bad bad bad for everyone especially diabetics.

thank you for the feed back, its how i learn.

yes, 2/3 of that post is for the "average" diabetic that maybe be reading this thread, you are are already an advanced diabetic. just keeping the child alive means you are very vigilant. i have not treated a diabetic under 5 years old. i could learn more from you than you can learn from me.

so only advice i have that may be helpful for you is trust and expand on your expertise. learn the glycemic index. others md and me will be wrong in dosing "your" child. i accept that the patient or parent knows their body and listen accordingly. many medical people will not! when you know your right trust your expertise. and finally, yes the 2 issues you brought up are difficult and unexplained. fever or illness can cause glucose to be erratic. and the low bedtime could be from residual insulin in the tissue. this still wouldnt explain all of it but some of the drop could be from insulin in the tissue, can take 1-3 hours to clear. from the numbers you gave your child has some what erratic glucose numbers. the meal issue is very difficult, maybe you can use the pump just for basil and dose the the child after they eat with humalog. dosing a child before meals is impossible and humalog only takes about 15min.

my post is mainly about how the new technology has limits and using individual dose at or after meals for some diabetics will help.

in a more extreme environment ie if glucose and eating are extremely variable you could wait 30-60 min after meal and dose according to glucose reading this is usually easier than dosing ahead counting carbs etc. this is not a desirable long term dosing method. i would only use this when "forced" to by very erratic eating and glucose readings.

I use xdrip with a CGM and I have to say, it's been the best thing for my care (after insulin, lol). The main challenge of diabetes is keeping your blood sugar in range, not too high, and not too low, and getting it back in range if it deviates too far. Blood sugars dropping too low during exercise is a major concern as it can result in seizures and worse.

Thanks to the combination of my dexcom G4 + Android + Xdrip + smartwatch, I can always get a pretty good estimate of where my glucose is, and thus minimize the risks and harm from my (chronic, uncurable) condition. Definitely a great case for open source development for propreitary hardware. The CGM has helped me even more than my $10,000 insulin pump :X

Besides, insulin is available OTC anyway (in the US). It's just that prescriptions make it cheaper/free.