My lil son is a Type 1 Diabetic?! WHAT?
As a College student for so many years I learned some about diabetes (mostly Type 2) but we only focused on that for a couple if weeks then on to the next thing (I was a nutrition student so we just discussed diet pertaining to different conditions & diseases). My grandfather was a diabetic & grandma is a diabetic so I had some experience with it but not personal. I am a total blood & needle phobic so I didnt like to think much of that & I especially didn’t want to see it. For me or one my super close family members to get it (my husband or one of my kids) scared the CRAP out of me so we always ate really clean to stay healthy & prevent disease. In October 2011 my son turned 5. The beginning of November he was always drinking a ton of water (like he hadn’t had any for 4days) so then he was peeing constantly. Since I had studied for so many years I knew that was a sign of diabetes. I had a urine cup that I had my son pee in & I took it to his pediatricians office. I left the nurse a voicemail to call me before she ran it because I had some things to discuss with her about it. Well when I went to go drop it off she had me wait. A few minutes later she called us back (me, my son & my then 11year old daughter). She told me that he had 2000 keytones in his urine when there is suppose to be zero! WHAT??!! What does that mean? She went on to explain that when they see that it’s diabetes. She asked if he had been feeling ok & he had (no vomiting) so she didn’t send us to the hospital. Thank God! She told us no carbs for dinner & to come back in the AM to meet with the doctor because he was out that afternoon. I was in shock! I didn’t want to believe it but deep down I knew it. That night (November 17, 2011) I researched it more & found that when children get diabetes it’s ALWAYS Type 1 which means they make very little insulin & will require injections. My son was 5! I couldn’t believe this was happening! It’s not fair!
The next morning our pediatrician called & said we needed to go to Odessa to meet with Dr Ponder at his diabetes & endocrinology center. We got dressed & headed straight there. That was one if the worst days of my life!!! We met the doctor, the nurse, the office staff, the dietician- how was I know then that these people would save my sons life & become my “best friends”……..
stay tuned….more to come very soon….