It began with heavy thirst, extreme fatigue, soaked diapers every hour, fussiness... within 24 hours we were at the doctor's office with what I believed to be was a UTI... a few hours later we were at the hospital, praying for our daughter to just be ok, in shock that they were telling us she had type 1 diabetes.
Each child is different. Here are a couple of parent's stories of how they knew something wasn't right:
"My daughter came to me a week before I rushed her to the ER with the computer open to WebMD's symptoms of diabetes. She was crying and told me she thought she had it. I laughed it off and told her she was going through puberty. 1 week later she was white as a sheet, shaking so badly she couldn't hold a cup to her lips, and vomiting. By the time I got her to the ER she was slurring her speech and couldn't lift her feet off the ground when she walked. DKA almost comatose. Spent a week in PICU. She was 11."
"My daughter was not sick at all at the time. Actually, the only signs of anything being a little wacky was her craving water all the time and peeing in my bed a few times. So, I called the Dr. about it and he told me to bring her in right away to test her sugar. It came as a huge shock to me to find out that she has diabetes."
Signs to watch for:
- Unquenchable thirst
- Frequent urination
- Weight loss
- Lack of energy
- Intense hunger
- Changes in eyesight
- Yeast infections
If you think you or your loved one may have type 1 diabetes, please have it checked out. It could be nothing. Some of these symptoms are also those of other diseases, such as a UTI or kidney infection. I am glad that I was the hypochondriac mother, who knew in her gut something wasn't right. I will forever trust my gut. I am a true believer in mothers intuition
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