Comforting INFO Concerning Jay's Diabetes

           Hey guys, I found out some good info on how they are managing Jay's Diabetes.  Just wanted to share it.  My wife Diabetes is being managed by a Doctor at the Barbara Davis Center in Denver.  They are world renowned for their cutting edge research and treatment of Diabetes.  She has found out that he wears a watch that checks his blood sugars every MINUTE, if the sugar levels even get close to the edge of the range an alarm goes off and it won't quit until the levels are taken care of.  We know these are effective because my wife was in on the testing phase of these several years ago.  They have now been completely perfected and have proven invaluable to many diabetics across the world.  The only reason my wife doesn't have one is because insurance won't cover them yet.  The bonus is that she has been given all the test results and research data on the watch.  Hope this gives you all confidence that Jay is getting the best treatment possible and is being monitored as close as he possibly can be during games.   I suppose there could be circumstances where it could cause him to miss a few plays but I would say that would be highly unlikely unless he was sick with flu or something that would jack his sugar levels up.  According to my wife they probably run his sugars a bit on the high side of the range during games to give him a little cushion, but they are probably careful to get them back in the middle as soon as the game is over.  This wouldn't do any long term damage to his health and gives them a cushion if he did have a drastic drop during the game.  But to clarify, a drastic drop would be caused by some extenuating circumstances such as a flu bug or something of that nature.  The normal range you shoot for is blood sugar levels between 60 and 140, they are most likely keeping Jay's above 90 during games.  You do not feel the effects of low blood sugar levels at 90.  I know from experience a half of a 12 ounce soda will take my wife from 40 to around 120 in 15 minutes, an IV can do this within about 2 minutes.  Then you would eat something with protein to maintain that level.  Anyway, I'm not trying to cause an argument just getting some good info out there for any of you that may be concerned and don't necessarily understand the disease.  Hope this helps and here is to Jay having a monster year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!