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Naughty Night

Get your mind out of the gutter...this is a D blog people!

Last night, Dex was being feisty. He had been so honest and forthright all day that I think he felt it was time to be naughty when we were going to bed.

We heard beeps and buzzes of all numbers and tones...3s, 2s, even a 4 beep and single beeps!

(for those unfamiliar with the Dexcom cgm, it will buzz 3 times for a low or a fast fall, beep twice for a high or fast rise...not sure what the 4 and 1 beeps were)

Each time we went in (ok, each time my hubby went in...I had a sleeping baby in my arms. Ok, not a baby but a two and a half year old but still!) Bryce was around 160...nothing to worry about. But Dex wanted us to worry. Wanted us to run down the hall.

Eventually, my husband decided to take Dex so he would stop bother us since we knew Bryce's numbers were fine.

But then Dex started beeping at us every few minutes to tell us he was out of range!! At this point, the hubs and I were sleep deprived and angry. In the almost 14 years we have been together, we have only had one or two arguments. Dex managed to add one more to that list. Not sure what exactly we were fighting about since we were both half asleep but it was not a good thing.

When asked what I think about Dex, I have a really hard time answering that. When he is behaving, I LOVE him. When he pulls this $**t, I really HATE him.

Come on now!!

This morning, I woke up to Dex telling me Bryce was low and going down (82, one arrow down). I had to hunt down some test strips cuz of course we were out from the night of testing so by the time I got back, Dex was saying 68 and down. Tested...117!! Really?!!!

So I decided I was going to keep track of all his discrepancies throughout the day....

7:39a Dex 68 arrow down, meter 117

7:53a Dex 90 double arrow down, meter 119

9:34a Dex HIGH (over 400), meter 385

12:20p Dex 234 slight down arrow, meter 180

12:45p Dex 173 slight down arrow, meter 151

2:00p Dex 235 straight arrow, meter 252 ***closest reading of the day!

3:35p Dex 256 slight down arrow, meter 200

5:43p Dex 191 straight arrow, meter 151

6:23p Dex 120 slight down arrow, meter 167

7:44p Dex 60 double arrow down, meter 119

8:30p Dex 216 double arrow up, meter 150

Boy we tested a lot today! Partially cuz I was double checking what Dex was telling me so I could document it. But also cuz we had gone to the zoo and usually he goes low with all that walking. Think the higher numbers today are from being at the end of the set's life. Anyhow, the point is, I can't trust Dex and I don't know what to do about it.