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Categories: Type 1 Children Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: non-diabetic siblings
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Sometimes I wonder what Ben really thinks about when he sees us testing his big brother’s blood sugar or putting Charlie over our laps for torturous site changes. What's going on in that large, shaggy head? Behind those big brown eyes, I wonder?
Just to see what he'd say, I have asked Ben why we have the testing supplies. "What is this?" I ask. "What’s it for?"
"That’s for Chow Wei," he responds, mispronouncing his brother’s name in a Chinese dialect.
I guess at his age he can’t exactly comprehend what’s going on. He just knows that it’s something we do to or for Charlie. He also knows that food usually follows, so he falls in line behind Charlie while we prick his finger.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: non-diabetic siblings
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"I don't put the pillow over my head because it's so loud," my daughter Maeve clarifies.
"It's because I get so scared for Charlie and I feel so bad for him."
That's Maeve talking about site changes.
Watching your sibling experience that type on anguish every few days can't be easy. For almost every child out there with diabetes, there's a little brother or a big sister (or vice versa) witnessing some pretty horrendous stuff. Sure, repetition dilutes the ugliness and my non-diabetic kids have certainly been desensitized. For example, they'll often continue watching television – getting up only to increase the volume - while in the background their brother is begging and screaming for mercy. It's a bit surreal when you step back and think about it.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: siblings testing blood sugar
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"Yeah, I'll do it," Maeve said, quickly unzipping the black diabetes bag and removing the contents onto her lap.
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
She was a little too eager to get her hands on a sharp foreign object and take blood from her little brother. Maeve cracked open an alcohol wipe and rubbed Charlie's fingertip then loaded the meter with a test strip, deftly juggling the instruments. She had never done it before, but she's witnessed it , (one sec whilst I do a little math) , about 17,500 times. It's an unusual thing for an 8-year-old to do. Not your normal car trip activity such as I Spy or the license plate game.
"Just put the striped part into the ..."
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: Siblings
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About this time last year I had a scare with Boo, Olivia's little sister. She had been peeing and drinking a lot and had a blood sugar of 140 at one point. I took her to the pediatrician, but he didn't seem concerned. I logged her numbers for a week and there was never another high reading, so I left it alone.
Well, this week, Boo has been asking to go to the bathroom a lot. She's also thirsty a lot. Her preschool teacher mentioned the constant peeing to me and said "Maybe she's getting sick. Her breath smells a little funny."
Uh oh.
So I did a blood sugar reading this morning (after much crying and hiding on Boo's part) and she was 160. I called the pediatrician and she's going in at 4:30 today. I'm going to ask if there's another test - I don't want this dismissed.
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Categories: Type 1 Highs & Lows Real Life
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I found this post recently in a diabetes forum.
Topic: Juvenile diabetes
A dear friend of mine has an 8 week old that was not thriving. She ruled out heart issues early on, but recently he became seriously ill. Upon further investigation, he was diagnosed as diabetic! Never heard of a baby with diabetes. His eight siblings are all fine. They have also tested for pancreatic insufficiency. He's just plain old diabetic. Thank goodness!
A supportive member of the forum responds:
Oh good grief! So young!
Eight siblings? Sorry, I left out one important detail. It's about a dog; an 8-week-old English Springer puppy.
I'll admit, this post was originally going to have a slightly sarcastic edge to it as it was triggered by recent FDL entries of pet owners who compared their dog or cat's diabetes to human beings living with the disease. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
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When I embark on basal testing (never), I find that the best approach is to remove Charlie from the house. It's not reasonable to expect him to fast for hours while being near the temptations residing inside the refrigerator or in the kitchen cabinets. Not to mention siblings walking around with pretzels in their mouths or the glorious smell of English Muffins toasting to a perfect light-brown.
For morning basal testing, our procedure is this: Wake up. Check blood sugar. If blood sugar is decent, get him the hell out of the house as fast as possible. Sweeten the deal by taking him somewhere fun. Somewhere where hours will pass without him thinking about how hungry he might be.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Food Real Life
Tags: diabetes myths diet insulin quitting smoking type 1 Type 2
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(continued from Part I)
Myth 6.
"If you take insulin, or more than one type of insulin -- or you wear an insulin pump -- or you have to take pills and not-eat certain foods -- you have the 'bad kind' of diabetes."
- Fact: There is no good kind of diabetes. Each type of diabetes has its challenges in maintaining relatively normal blood glucose levels. Each type of diabetes, left unchecked, can cause complications and death.
- Fact: The really, really bad kinds of diabetes are diabetes that has not been diagnosed and diabetes that is not actively managed, whether by pills, insulin, and/or diet, and that is not well-monitored (by home glucose testing).
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| R.I.P. |
| Madeline "Kara" Neumann |
A lot of people in the blogosphere are posting about this poor young girl. I don't know that I can add much except my sorrow.
I just can't stop thinking about her. Since I became a mother these kinds of stories really impact me and stick in my head. Like the guy who microwaved his newborn daughter, or the 2 year old found in a plastic container in the Gulf of Mexico. Perhaps Madeline was not so blatantly abused, but she is dead never the less.
I'm very tolerant religously-speaking. Heck, I'm even a Unitarian. But I totally don't understand this. This girl had to be extremely ill for several days at a minimum. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Relationships Real Life
Tags: interview with type 1 diabetic
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CP: I'm here with lumberjack, one-time monopoly champion, brother-in-law extraordinaire and a downright handsome speciman of a man, Patrick Mauceri. Thanks for joining us today.
PM: Hey C-dog. No problem. Thanks for having me. Monopoly champ?
CP: Ignore me.
CP: Interesting place you chose to meet me at today. So I just put my coins in here and the little peephole opens up? Do people with diabetes frequent this sort of place often?
PM: Well it's our little speakeasy. Only instead of bootlegged whiskey, they serve expensive juice boxes and orange slices. Can I buy you a drink?
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