Message Number: YG12936 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Ms Stephanie Arnold
Date: 2002-05-06 23:22:00 UTC
Subject: NEED HELP if anybody is up

Hi All,

My 8yo girl Maggie has insulinoma and is on pred. She
has been doing really well until recently (last 24
hours). We have a home glucose meter and have been
taking her bg and it has been ranging from 30 to 71
depending on when we take it. I've been feeding her
extra food and have had her prescription for diazoxide
filled today but it won't be ready until tomorrow. (We
had the script put in and waiting just in case this
happened) Well come to find out my boyfriend added
some feretone to our pred/feretone suspension because
we were toward the bottom of the bottle and the pred
was sticking to the sides (I also called in the pred
refill today but it also won't be ready until
tomorrow). So I now understand that her bg is low
because she hasn't been getting the right amount of
pred for a full 24 hours. My boyfriend takes pred for
his asthma and since I know the suspention ratio 20mg
pred to 60 ml ferretone, would it be ok for me to make
a small batch for her with his pred. Each of his
tablets are 20 mg pred and if I cut the tab in half
and add 30 ml pred. would this be ok? I'm just really
worried because her next dose of pred is due and if I
give her the diluted stuff it's not going help. We've
been feeding her chicken gravy every hour and a half
to help keep her bg up.

Thanks in advance,
Stephanie

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