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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.
Anyone know what testing I should ask for about this?
Oy, no fun. But the first things that come to mind are urinary/bladder infection, or kidney irritation, not the D. (This happened with a little cousin of mine years ago--he had a trace of ketones in his urine when his parents took him to the doc for a check-up. Big scare over the D as I'd been recently dx'd, but that's another story...)
Not sure what tests they'd do on such a little one, aside from another BG check. Can you ask for an A1C? If it's normal then maybe the spike is just due to illness.
Hope it works out OK, I'll be thinking of you!
Odd breath can also be a sign of a stomach bug or food sensitivity.
Increased fluid intake can be related to an oncoming sore throat or post-nasal drip.
Increased fluid intake pretty much *requires* increased urination (basic principles of fluid flow in a relatively constant volume).
But if you think it's the D, I could only think of a c-peptide test (for autoimmunity), a gene test for the possibility of one of the genetic-related forms of D, and a blood ketone test.
Get her into the Trialnet study. They test to see if her blood contains the antibodies that are often precursors to type 1. You can find information about them on CWD or by googling TrialNet. You deserve to know.
Julia,
How did it go? The C-Peptide, A1c, and the antibodies test are the most reliable.
I hope she's okay!
Lindsey
Julia,
I'm just catching up on my reading. How scary. I've read your other posts and see that her readings have been OK since then. But, still, you can't help but worry. Let us know how her celiac and antibodies come back.