Monday, September 05, 2005  Insulin from Emergency Rooms  I
wrote this for a writers' forum late this evening, but I would
really like to hear from my fellow d-bloggers regarding what you
think about this.  My diabetes email loop has been discussing
and discussing that footage of that little girl at the
Convention Center in serious Diabetic Ketoacidosis because in
addition to not having eaten for 4 days (like all those there),
she hadn't had her insulin in 4 days either. Someone gave her
insulin and she seemed to stabilize, but for how long? I wonder
about her. But not too often, because I don't want to follow my
thoughts down that logical pathway, because DKA is not
reversible once begun without hospitalization, insulin, saline
and potassium IVs, and that wasn't happening for her in the
immediate future.  My D list has been discussing this quite a
bit as you might imagine (and if you know anyone who may have
extra supplies I can tell you where to send them), and some on
the list marveled that this girl's fam