Came home from the hospital from 9 to 1 to rest a bit. Checked in by phone and his sugar was down to the high 300s. Normal is around 80-150 in a newborn. Got back to the ICU and it went down to 280 260 240 208. They check it hourly. So it looks like next reading it will be under 200, at which point they are going to stop the insulin, wait an hour, and let Rachel nurse him and see what happens to his sugar level.
Best case scenario, the insulin he's already had will be the jump start his body needed to get things figured out and he'll be all set. More likely, the endocrineologist thinks he will need insulin shots for a few months and he hopefully has "transient neonatal diabetes" versus "permanent neonatal diabetes." They need to switch him to shots so we can take him home. Actually there will be two transitions, the first to "normal" insulin shots and a second to "long duration" insulin after they're sure he's not going to swing the other way into low blood sugar from the insulin, "which is where you get the siezures" and other Bad Things so we are all for taking things slow and steady.
The just wheeld in an ultrasound machine to see how his pancreas looks. "I'll take the images, and the radiologist will review them and dictate a report." So we'll have to keep you posted on that.
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