[MyrandaDawn]

My oldest son and I have just gotten out of the hospital. He has recently been diagnosed with diabeties. He's 7 years old and he was in DKA when we went in. His blood sugar was up past 900. So, we finally got him on his 4 insulin shots a day. It's hard, and I'm tired. Anybody else handling something like this??

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[smudge]

I am so sorry mama. Diabetes can be a very hard thing for a family to deal with. The best thing to do is make sure you have him going to an Endocrinologist- that is a doctor who specializes in diabetes. You will get the best and most up to date treatment by seeing an Endo. Also, a Pediatric Nutritionist will be important to help you with what he can and can't eat.
This will need to be a lifestyle change for the whole family. Young kids, especially, do not want to be different and diabetes makes them different. The key to treating diabetes is education! Educate yourself, your son, your other family members, etc. Diabetes is one of those diseases that the more you can do for yourself the better off you will be. There are lots of great treatment options available these days. I hope that you can soon get your little guy under control. Many hugs to you!

 

[mamanurse]

I think I saw a diabetes thread awhile ago in Special Needs Parenting.

I don't have a babe with diabetes, but my sister was dx at the age of 6 with Type I. My parents were devastated. They thought she would lose her limbs, go blind, and die by the age of 20.

Well......she's very healthy. She keeps a tight control on her blood sugar and started giving herself her own insulin at the age of 8. She was a swimmer and water polo player in high school and is now an event coordinator after graduating college. My sister did have a few hypoglycemic episodes in her teens, but had an insulin pump put in a few years ago and LOVES it. When your dc is old enough, that's something you should look into.

Having diabetes doesn't mean that your dc can't have treats. Since they have the autoimmune kind where the beta cells in the pancreas don't make insulin, they can inject more insulin on occasion to compensate for extra carbs or sugar.

I totally second the idea of seeing an endocrinologist. They don't really specialize in diabetes, but all endocrine disorders.

Take care, mama!