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Help. difficult child most likely has type one diabetes.
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<blockquote data-quote="tryinghard" data-source="post: 136411" data-attributes="member: 4570"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">An update....</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">We just returned from a three day stay in the hospital...difficult child has diabetes. His blood sugar was 450. Normal is 80-150. We were sent right from the pediatrian to the hospital ER. difficult child was so upset he initially refused to go to the hospital. We told him he had to go because his life depended on it. Once there it took four people holding him down as he screamed to get his first insulin shot. </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The good news is that Tuesday and today he has been a perfect angel. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He has been diagnosis'd as ADHD and has severe learning disabilities. An now he has this cross to bear too. He looked outside the hospital window today and seemed very sad. I asked him, "what are you thinking" He said, "Why is my life like this" It broke my mommy heart..... I told him that I believe everything happens for a reason. I told him I believed that even though this doesn't seem good now, I believe he will look back on this someday and realize that it was the beginning of something good. I told him it is another adventure we are embarking on!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">So now I have a difficult child who can't remember homework, what he had for lunch, can't follow simple instructions.... AND we have to give two shots a day, test and record glucose levels six times a day, AND he has to eat specific amounts of carbs every three hours. Needless to say, we are all a little overwhelmed.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Please pray for us and send us good thoughts. I now face a triple challenge!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The good news is the doctors all praised me for recognizing the symptoms and getting him in before he was really sick and had permanent damage to his eyes and/or organs. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tryinghard, post: 136411, member: 4570"] [FONT=Verdana]An update....[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]We just returned from a three day stay in the hospital...difficult child has diabetes. His blood sugar was 450. Normal is 80-150. We were sent right from the pediatrian to the hospital ER. difficult child was so upset he initially refused to go to the hospital. We told him he had to go because his life depended on it. Once there it took four people holding him down as he screamed to get his first insulin shot. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]The good news is that Tuesday and today he has been a perfect angel. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]He has been diagnosis'd as ADHD and has severe learning disabilities. An now he has this cross to bear too. He looked outside the hospital window today and seemed very sad. I asked him, "what are you thinking" He said, "Why is my life like this" It broke my mommy heart..... I told him that I believe everything happens for a reason. I told him I believed that even though this doesn't seem good now, I believe he will look back on this someday and realize that it was the beginning of something good. I told him it is another adventure we are embarking on![/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]So now I have a difficult child who can't remember homework, what he had for lunch, can't follow simple instructions.... AND we have to give two shots a day, test and record glucose levels six times a day, AND he has to eat specific amounts of carbs every three hours. Needless to say, we are all a little overwhelmed.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Please pray for us and send us good thoughts. I now face a triple challenge![/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The good news is the doctors all praised me for recognizing the symptoms and getting him in before he was really sick and had permanent damage to his eyes and/or organs. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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