For those who missed the other thread I thought this punchier title might attract your attention.
Four days before Christmas I took my ds to the doctor, along with a sample of wee, because he was tired, ill, very thirsty and weeing all the time. The doctor sent us straight to casualty at the childrens hospital and they diagnosed Type 1 diabetes. They kept him in for three days and I finally got him home on Christmas eve when I'd shown I could be trusted to continue the regime of four blood tests and two insulin jabs every day.
Insulin injections are keeping him alive and he has to have them all his life, along with regular meals and snacks at specific times. I've now got a fridge full of needles and emergency medical stuff just in case.
Phew! I also feel really lucky to have him and to live in a country and in a time which has insulin.
It's a lot to get my head around (and his). He's doing so well and even doing the pin prick finger blood tests by himself. He gets angry though and has outbursts.
I'm already obsessing on information about the condition and feeling a good deal better than I did a few days ago. Still a bit up and down though.
So that's my festive news.
I think this might even qualify me for the special needs threads? Possibly?
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My life has been changed for ever this Christmas.
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Mincepiedermama · 29/12/2005 21:45
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