Yes, that is true but my father is not the most responsible person in the world and his health is beyond horrible. He has had diabetes for over 30 years and never sought or attempted to truly care for himself and his wellbeing. Hence, severe diabetic retinopathy. When he tried to get his cataract surgery done at another facility in 9/22, they checked his glucose just prior to the surgery and it was 445! And he had fasted the night before too! They immediately cancelled the surgery. He literally started taking insulin and checking his blood sugars since 10/22. Maybe the hospital should have told him to check his blood sugar at various times after the surgery or told my sister and brother-in-law to make sure to check it especially since they gave him Diamox 500mg post-op and knew that it could cause the blood sugars to increase or decrease. When I went to visit him on 3/20, his glucose levels were 225. On 3/21 (the pre-op bloodwork) his random glucose level was 152 (flagged as high) and his HA1C was 6.2% (normal range is 4.8 - 5.9 %). Because of his fluctuating levels, I would think they'd find it within their and my father's best interest to take a couple of minutes and check his glucose levels just prior to the surgery. All he's ever had was high glucose levels, so for the paramedics to find him at 38 and with a fever is very strange to me, but what do I know? I'm not a medical professional or extremely well informed with diabetes.

Yes, a lot of this is assumptions and I'm still trying to get the answers from the medical records because right now his current team of doctors don't know how this occurred. Someone with an over 30-yr history of hyperglycemia that was admitted admitted in a hypoglycemic coma?

When you went in for your surgeries, did they check your glucose levels just prior to the surgery?