Infection

Two weeks ago, I noticed that my numbers were a lot higher than normal.  I really wasn’t sure what was going on because everything was fine just the day before and nothing in my routine had changed.  When I got home, I realized it was time to change my infusion site.  When I took out the old infusion site, I realized that there was some blood and the area felt swollen. I suspected that it was infected.  I called my endo’s office, unfortunately, this happened after office hours so I had to leave a message.  The endo on call did phone me back and I gave her all my pertinent information (me being pregnant) since I am not her her regular patient.  Immediately, I started feeling uncomfortable because she reacted by saying, well you know high blood sugar is not good for the baby right?  Gee, really?  I didn’t know that.  I couldn’t believe she said that to me.  All I wanted was advice on what to do, not a lesson on diabetes and pregnancy.  After I hung up with her, I called my ob/gyn who told me to go to the ER.  At this point, I was extremely hungry and my blood sugars still weren’t cooperating.  The same endo called me again and I informed her that I was going to the ER and was just eating something since it was late at this time (9pm) and I hadn’t had dinner.  She said, well, I hope you’re not eating any carbs in a snarky way.  I couldn’t believe it!  I felt so insulted, and treated like a 5 year old who didn’t know any better.  I remember not being very nice to her after that.  I am going through pregnancy hormones, and already worried about what this infection was doing to the baby, and the last thing I needed was a snarky endo making things worse for me.  Well, I ended up going to the ER that night where they prescribed an antibiotic for me.  Unfortunately, I had a bad reaction to it but there wasn’t much of a choice since there aren’t too many antibiotics that pregnant women can take.  After a few days feeling sick, I eventually got better and feeling more like myself.  Being pregnant and being a PWD made me more susceptible to the infection, and I’m glad now I know what to look for in case it happens again.  I just wish I had been treated better by the on call endo, instead of like a child that needed to be reprimanded.