{"675260":{"#nid":"675260","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Managing the Ups and Downs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt was a scenario that plays out a hundred times at the end of every semester at Georgia Tech: Jonathan Fitch had pulled an all-nighter, using every possible moment to study for that day\u2019s final exam.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter putting the stress of the test behind him, Fitch returned to his fraternity house for a much-needed nap.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe difference for Fitch was that instead of waking up refreshed, he woke up in the hospital.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFitch has Type 1 diabetes, and he\u2019d had a seizure because his blood sugar dropped without warning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFitch\u2019s diabetes is considered well-controlled. Yet a combination of factors conspired against him that day: not enough rest and recovery, high stress levels that made the insulin in his system less effective, and then that nap. While Fitch rested, all the insulin that had been delivered by his insulin pump finally started to kick in. He got an alert that he was in trouble, but it was less than a minute before the seizure. It was simply too late.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn typical Georgia Tech engineer fashion, Fitch decided he could do something to prevent similar situations \u2014 for himself and millions of people with diabetes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine\/2024\/spring\/managing-ups-and-downs\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis story was featured in the spring 2024 issue of \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine\u0022\u003EHelluva Engineer\u003Cem\u003E magazine\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, produced biannually by the College of Engineering.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith GlucoSense, alumni are creating a single tool to help diabetes patients wrangle data to better manage their health.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With GlucoSense, alumni are creating a single tool to help diabetes patients wrangle data to better manage their health."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-06-27 20:26:37","changed_gmt":"2024-07-02 12:28:03","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674257":{"id":"674257","type":"image","title":"Jonathan-Fitch-Cole-Chalhub-GlucoSense-Helluva-Engineer-magazine.jpg","body":null,"created":"1717532805","gmt_created":"2024-06-04 20:26:45","changed":"1719520005","gmt_changed":"2024-06-27 20:26:45","alt":"Jonathan Fitch and Cole Chalhub of GlucoSense","file":{"fid":"257751","name":"Jonathan-Fitch-Cole-Chalhub-GlucoSense-Helluva-Engineer-magazine.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/27\/Jonathan-Fitch-Cole-Chalhub-GlucoSense-Helluva-Engineer-magazine.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/27\/Jonathan-Fitch-Cole-Chalhub-GlucoSense-Helluva-Engineer-magazine.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":191400,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/27\/Jonathan-Fitch-Cole-Chalhub-GlucoSense-Helluva-Engineer-magazine.jpg?itok=Xzy3qjgD"}}},"media_ids":["674257"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine","title":"Helluva Engineer magazine"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}