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    Parents of type 1 diabetics - come talk to me - update in post #19

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    First, welcome to the club that no one wants to join. You and your daughter will be just fine. Living with Type 1 will become your new normal. Our son was diagnosed almost 13 years ago at age 10. It will get easier. I haven't read all the posts, but just off the top of my head, let me offer a few hints.

     

    You will be given booklets and websites with carb counts. Use these to compile your own little book of your daughter's favorite foods. Keep one in the kitchen and one in her D bag, so you don't have to keep looking the same foods up, until you learn them, and you will learn them and soon even be able to eyeball foods that you can't measure when away from home. We still measure some foods. Have plenty of measuring cups and spoons handy. We've never used one, but some people even invest in a good scale. Some foods are harder to cover with insulin than others. You will learn this by trial and error.

     

    You will need to keep good records, especially in the beginning. You will be asked to bring them with you to the endo's visit. You may be asked to bring a record of blood sugars and food log. Find one that works for you. The ones we were first given were so tiny. I couldn't squeeze everything on them. Use a notebook, or make your own forms. We also use a dry erase board with color coded markers. It helps when looking for blood sugar patterns.

     

    Learn everything you can, and do what works for you. Ds has never had a pump and doesn't want one. 

     

    Puberty is wild! You will survive. Sick days are tough, but knowledge is power.

     

    We homeschooled, so I never dealt with school nurses. I would strongly recommend you work with your school and get a care plan on file as soon as possible.  I can't remember the name...Section 504???? Someone here may be able to help you with this.

     

    For my son, sometimes opening a new bottle of insulin will cause us to have to adjust dosages.

     

    Don't make a big deal of blood sugar readings with your daughter. My son would often apologize for numbers out of target range, which would break my heart. Make sure she understands that it's not her fault. The only consistent thing about Type 1 is its inconsistency.  :)

     

    Finally, and the hardest thing to admit...is you can't control this. You can manage it, but you can't control it. There are so many things that affect blood sugars, not just food. Physical activity, stress, excitement, illness all affect blood sugars. Some people's numbers will shoot up during early morning hours. Some people drop during the night. Most of the time, you will get the numbers you are expecting. Sometimes, you will get a number out of nowhere. You daughter can eat the exact same foods every day at the exact same time and have very different numbers from day to day. You can't control it, but you can adjust and give corrections.

     

     

    We finished our homeschooling journey years ago. I don't post, but still read the boards. I'd be happy to answer any questions.

     

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    S/o The Greatest Sentences in Literature Game

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Worn out with this torture of thought, I rose to my knees. Night was come, and her planets were risen: a safe, still night: too serene for the companionship of fear. We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence. I had risen to my knees to pray for Mr. Rochester. Looking up, I, with tear-dimmed eyes, saw the mighty Milky-way. Remembering what it was--what countless systems there swept space like a soft trace of light--I felt the might and strength of God. Sure was I of His efficiency to save what He had made: convinced I grew that neither earth should perish, nor one of the souls it treasured. I turned my prayer to thanksgiving: the Source of Life was also the Saviour of spirits. Mr. Rochester was safe; he was God's, and by God would he be guarded. I again nestled to the breast of the hill; and ere long in sleep forgot sorrow.

     

    from Jane Eyre

    Can someone help me with this passage from HP Order of the Phoenix?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Let me just copy the paragraph first....

     

    As Dumbledore spoke, Harry heard a rustle behind him and rather thought Kingsley whispered something. He could have sworn too that he felt something brush against his side, a gentle something like a draft or bird wings, but looking down he saw nothing there.

     

    This is found in chapter 27 The Centaur and the Sneak. In my book it is on page 615. What is this paragraph referring to? I think I know, but I'm not sure. TIA!

    Medical input needed... fever and rapid breathing in toddler

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Thanks for your thoughts. He is drinking a ton but maybe he is dehydrated anyway? No signs of brochiolitis (no cough, etc.) but he did have RSV as an infant so I don't want to mess around with respiratory stuff. I guess I should start making arrangements to get to the ER...

     

    I would go to the ER and have him checked out. Your mentioning of "drinking a ton" and rapid breathing despite no signs of lung issues makes me think of diabetic ketoacidosis. It's probably NOT, but I would be concerned and go just to make sure. Many times Type 1 diabetes presents after a viral infection.

     

    Hope your little one feels better soon.

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