# Why was my Omnipod bolus not run?

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**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-was-my-omnipod-bolus-not-run/3764 "2018-03-21T23:48:27Z")\
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Gee, it never occurred to me to look at this. I wonder if that is happening in our house. I just posted on another thread about our Omnipod issues, and I wonder if this could’ve been a factor.

> [@Omnipod: three bad sites on a row](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-three-bad-sites-on-a-row/3768/2):
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> Thanks for sharing. We have had similar issues lately. Pod sites would fail for no reason, no occlusion alarms ever issued and we couldn’t figure out why. We were both also hesitant to chalk every incident up to a site failure early, which led to prolonged high BG. We were following the generally suggested protocol of pinching up a little bit while holding down the cannula end lightly during insertion, not bolusing more than five units, etc. By the time we realized that there was a problem, …

Generally, we can hear the clicking when the insulin is delivered. Do you use that as an auditory clue like we do? Does that still click when it’s not actually delivering anything?

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