Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I can only think that you need to switch from 3 square meals a day to a snacking routine; many meals throughout the day. Otherwise, you need to finetune the ratio and calories to match his activity level and metabolism. Then there is a need to check all his meals for any mistakes or problems; type of oil, other fat, protein and carbs! Bill tflourie@... wrote: > If you read my last posting, you'll know we're having some seizure > *activity* which up til last week has been absent, at least by day. Today was the > second time Skyler's face 'twitched.' After both episodes, I checked his blood > ketones on the Medisense...they were 2.9 and 3.3 respectively. Last week when > this happened, his ketones came back up to 5.something a few hours later. > > Is there *normal* fluctuations like that throughout a day? Care to > speculate on why the range would be so wide. Our goal is for > Skyler's blood ketones to be at least in the high 5's using the home > meter...in the 6's on a venous draw. Because of his size (140 lbs) and age (17), he > needs to have these higher levels for seizure control. > > He'd been doing SO well ....it has been devastating to see these > twitches... > Thanks. > Tracey > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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