DS was diagnosed nearly 2 years ago and has been on pump for over a year so we are familiar with the day to day but this is his first trip away with school. They will be doing a lot of hiking (DS is not normally very active!). He did a practice walk last week of 9 miles and had 2 hypos (luckily during breaks so he was able to rest afterwards) despite drinking lucozade sport. He also went v.low the morning after. He has omnipod
Any tips?
I think I will need to get them to check BG more regularly during walks & put his basal down during exercise + probably eat dinner & a late supper.
His school are great and quite willing to test him at 2am if necessary. I had said not (we usually test at 10.30 & 6.30)but after the practice walk I'm now thinking perhaps they should test him in the night??
We've no real experience of him doing exercise over several hours / days as he's just not the sporty type. He complains about a 1 hour swimming lesson.
I've been reading up and realised I need to check if there is no sugar juice at the centre (or pack his own bottle)
The children have been told not to bring sweets and chocolate but from previous experience of an older child I know they mostly ignore this (one mum stuffed her son's suitcase with chocolate snacks for midnight feasts) so we have talked about that and what to do.
What else haven't I thought of?