Hypoglycemic morning

This morning I just finished my coffee when the workers came and told us one of the guys wasnt waking up. His name is Paix (Pay) and he stays here so the Campbellls can help him regulate his diabetes. We went to check on him and he was unresponsive and incontinent. His blood sugar was 24. We tried to take plain sugar on our fingers and rub it in his mouth for about 30 minutes and that wasn't working. We didn't have a way to take him to the hospital b/c Bill is out of town this morning. There is no ambulance. And the hospital is a terrible place here. We all put our heads together and we formulated a plan. Jennifer got some baby NG tubes and we tried that but they were too short, then she found some old IV tubing and we cut it to appropriate size and put it down as a NG tube. It was so hot I was dripping with sweat and so was Stephanie. She is also a nurse on oncology at St Johns. She and a pastor that came (he brought his truck in case we did have to take him to the hospital) pushed him into sitting postition while I dropped this tube down. I didn't want to do it with him lying down b/c I was afraid he would aspirate. With all the praise to God, the tube went down and with syringes that Jennnifer had we gave hem sugar juice. That only brought him up to 37 after 30 minutes so I asked if she had any boost or ensure. She did and we gave that down the tube and it worked! He finally (after 2.5 hrs) woke up. He was very disoriented and probably scared with all the white people in his room. We got him cleaned up and he is now left with a grandma worker and we will recheck his sugar in 1 hr. He was able to drink a little, also. However, we havent take the tube out yet. I think he may have overdosed his insulin last night as he is just learning to regulate his diabetes. Everyone that works here was thanking us and saying 'God bless you' and crying and praying. They thought he was going to die. I think he easily could have. He is young but he is very brittle diabetic. I'm not sure how he has lived this long ( he is around 25 yrs old). Anyway, it was an exciting start to the day with a good outcome. Definately a little different than being in the comfort of my ER!!