What Caregivers Need to Know

00:06 – 00:08 So I would say as a caregiver,

00:08 – 00:13 our role is to continuously be alert and

00:14 – 00:17 be paying attention to the various signs.

00:18 – 00:20 Everybody’s signs won’t be the same.

00:20 – 00:23 So my husband, when his is low,

00:23 – 00:28 he gets very, his eyes get very dazy.

00:28 – 00:30 He is quiet.

00:30 – 00:35 It seems like he can’t speak as clearly as he normally does.

00:35 – 00:38 So those are just things to look out for.

00:38 – 00:43 But again, your loved one, the situation can be different.

00:43 – 00:48 But I would just say always being alert and paying attention.

00:48 – 00:53 As a caregiver, making sure I check on him and ask him, ‘how are you feeling?’,

00:53 – 00:57 and because I know he does tend to have

00:57 – 00:59 his vision is impacted when he’s having

01:00 – 01:02 a low blood sugar event.

01:03 – 01:07 So just checking up on him, making sure he’s okay, making sure, you know,

01:07 – 01:11 as the caregiver, I carry the necessary things with me as well

01:12 – 01:15 to make sure I can help him and assist him if necessary.

01:15 – 01:20 Our son, even though he is an older child, through his own

01:21 – 01:27 medical issues, has been trained on how to deal with an emergency situation.

01:27 – 01:30 And so for him, there was a level of comfort

01:30 – 01:35 with helping his father when he did have a low blood sugar event.

01:35 – 01:39 And because he had been trained in that, and in his own care,

01:40 – 01:44 he could also help his father in a very sort of calm and confident manner.

01:45 – 01:45 Absolutely.

01:45 – 01:47 Even though

01:47 – 01:51 Dina has done great and I have no doubt she would be able to assist in any other way,

01:51 – 01:55 it was interesting to see your ten year old, let’s say feel very comfortable

01:55 – 01:59 with their rescue med training and

02:00 – 02:01 just as you said, the

02:01 – 02:04 calmness that was there and that gave us a great deal of comfort.

02:05 – 02:08 So between the two of them and then my colleagues, that network

02:08 – 02:13 becomes very important when you’re including others in that support.

02:13 – 02:18 And so I feel very fortunate as a patient with diabetes to have the support

02:18 – 02:22 to really know how to employ the therapies that are there to help

02:22 – 02:23 me address a severe low.