Low sugar scare!

Today we had a scare that prompted a call to 911 for an ambulance to take Landon back to Baptist Hospital.

The home nurse drew some blood for blood work. One of the test indicated that Landon's blood sugar was extremely low. She advised that they should call 911 for a ambulance. Jeremiah also made a call to the nurses at Baptist Hospital. He made contact with the nurses about the same time that the ambulance arrived. The nurses from Baptist advised them that it was probably a false reading. The medics took a sample from Landon's heel and it tested normal. As it turns out the home nurse had drawn the blood from the lines. The nurses from Baptist told them that they would get a false blood sugar reading if blood is drawn from the line. They have changed the orders for the home nurse so that this doesn't happen again. The nurses from Baptist told them that this happens often when babies are sent home on TPN.

This was a good test of the ambulance service. Baptist Hospital has given orders that Landon is to be taken directly to Baptist Hospital for any medical situation. The local ambulance service will not take Landon to Baptist. They will take him to Statesville and he would then be transferred to another ambulance and taken to Winston. Baptist has now advised Jeremiah that unless Landon's problem is very serious he should be taken to Baptist in a personal vehicle. It would be faster with fewer people and facilities to complicate things.

Anyway, Landon did not have to go back to the hospital. He is still at home and doing fine. We are planning to go down and spend some time with him this weekend.

EJ