This paper is divided in two parts. In the first part we study a convergent $q$-analog of the divergent Euler series, with $q\in (0,1)$, and we show how the Borel sum of a generic Gevrey formal solution to a differential equation can be uniformly approximated on a convenient sector by a meromorphic solution of a corresponding $q$-difference equation. In the second part, we work under the assumption $q\in (1,+\infty )$. In this case, at least four different $q$-Borel sums of a divergent power series solution of an irregular singular...