Re: Hi I am new here

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I was diagnosed in 1981 w/ type 1 but only after seeing two different

pedi. dr.s. Finally my mother got so tired of being told her child

just had the flu that she took me to her dr. He checked my blood

sugar and it was over 600(that is as high as the meter would

register). Anyway that night I was taken to the hospital and admitted

w/ a level of close to 1200! But gosh , I thought we had come a long

way since 1981. It just ,makes my blood boil sometimes at the near

misses w/ serious problems due to the ignorance of people concerning

diabetes and its treatment! i am so happy to hear that your son is

doing well now. God bless, Donna

> I have joined a few other diabetes groups also, so I am going to

just copy

> and paste my intro so if you are on one of the other lists it will

be a repeat

> ;-)

>

> My name is Keri. I am a single Mom with 4 kids. My 7 yr (almost

8~ 7/31)

> was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on June 24th. He spent a

week in the

> hospital. I initially took him to the ER after diabetes symptoms

persisted

> even after medication changes.

>

> See, he also has the challange of Bipolar Disorder. He was placed

on a

> antipsychotic drug called Zyprexa to stabilize a severe manic

episode the end of

> May. Within a few days he was experiencing thirst and frequent

urination. This

> escalated and I called his pdoc (pyschiatrist). She decided that

since a

> rare (or so she claimed) side effect of Zyprexa is diabetes, she

decided to

> remove him from it immediately and start a new drug called Abilify

this was June

> 11. She assured me the symptoms of the diabetes would subside.

>

> They continued to get worse with each day instead of subsiding. He

began

> wetting the bed at night as well as trips to the potty and huge

glasses of water

> about every 20 minutes. I called the pdoc again and they blew me

off. Never

> called back. So on Thursday the 24th when I could barely keep him

awake I

> called Kaiser and tried to get him in with his regular pedi. They

had no

> openings. I was so frustrated and angry and scared. I am on and

off the Atkins diet

> from time to time and keep ketosticks on hand. So I had him pee in

a cup and

> he was spilling massive ketones. I know about diabetes from other

family

> members and also because I had gestational diabetes with each

child...so I knew

> we were in deep doo doo at this point.

>

> I called Kaiser back and told them in no uncertain terms I was

going to the

> ER and the closest one...not Kaiser. As soon as we got to triage

they did his

> vitals and took a history then did a finger poke and she grabbed

him and

> ran...telling me to follow. The next 20 minutes was a rush of

docs, techs, nurses

> and controlled chaos. They told me that he was in critical

condition and

> that he was in ketoacidosis and definitely type one diabetes. They

said he was

> just hours from coma status. He had zero traces of insulin in his

body and

> huge #'s of antibodies to his islet cells.

>

> Later that evening we were transferred to Kaiser Peds unit and

stayed there

> for a week. He came home July 1st. He is currently getting Lantus

at night

> and Novalog and Novalin R at meals and also has been needing middle

of the

> night dose of Novalog too.

>

> I found this group through an invite...I assuming from someone on

another

> diabetes group. I am hoping to find informaton and support and to

offer support

> to others as I learn more.

>

> Hugs

> Keri

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