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<blockquote data-quote="Heidi" data-source="post: 30221" data-attributes="member: 7660"><p>Hey Kim, </p><p></p><p>I am a mum of a 12 yr old daughter who has been Type 1 for nearly 3 yrs now. Before she was diagnosed she was thirsty all the time for a period of about a month and it got to the point where she couldn't bear not having any moisture in her mouth. We as parents initially thought her tiredness was due to her lack of sleep as we had two incidents of bed wetting which she had never done even when a toddler but we thought this was because she was drinking so much and so tried to cut back on drinks, now we now that the drinking was the opposite to what we believed and was to replace the fluid she was losing from constant high blood sugar levels. We had disturbed nights which we thought were because she was worrying due to some girls being horrid to her at school, she also lost her round face etc that they have when they are young but we put this down to a growth spurt. I took her to the doctor when it got to the point of unbearable thirst for her, suspecting Diabetes as her paternal uncle is type 1. I have waffled enough now as could go on, but wanted you to know that I have experienced it to add value to what I say, on admission to hospital her blood sugar was 26 and they were amazed she wasn't a lot sicker than she was, needless to say we felt guilty for a long time for not taking her to the doctors sooner and still do. My advice to you is childrens blood sugar should be same as us between 4 and 7, whenever my son feels unwell or complains of symptoms that could be diabetes related I test his blood and it is always within the normal range. I would in your position take her to the doctors and get her checked out as it is so much better to find out one way or the other not only for your daughter so she doesn't become very unwell but also for your own peace of mind and worry. I am assuming she is not liking the finger prick but who can blame her hey! As far as I am aware there is nothing else you could use to test her accurately. When we went to the doctors initially they tested her urine, delightful holding a sample bottle under a 9yr old girl while she attempts to pee in it, and not a blood test so hopefully you won't have to go through a finger prick at surgery, they could see from her urine that she was diabetic as the result was so high and from there the nurse got a bit rushy roundy bless her, we spoke to the GP and then made our way to the hospital.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps you.</p><p></p><p>Heidi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heidi, post: 30221, member: 7660"] Hey Kim, I am a mum of a 12 yr old daughter who has been Type 1 for nearly 3 yrs now. Before she was diagnosed she was thirsty all the time for a period of about a month and it got to the point where she couldn't bear not having any moisture in her mouth. We as parents initially thought her tiredness was due to her lack of sleep as we had two incidents of bed wetting which she had never done even when a toddler but we thought this was because she was drinking so much and so tried to cut back on drinks, now we now that the drinking was the opposite to what we believed and was to replace the fluid she was losing from constant high blood sugar levels. We had disturbed nights which we thought were because she was worrying due to some girls being horrid to her at school, she also lost her round face etc that they have when they are young but we put this down to a growth spurt. I took her to the doctor when it got to the point of unbearable thirst for her, suspecting Diabetes as her paternal uncle is type 1. I have waffled enough now as could go on, but wanted you to know that I have experienced it to add value to what I say, on admission to hospital her blood sugar was 26 and they were amazed she wasn't a lot sicker than she was, needless to say we felt guilty for a long time for not taking her to the doctors sooner and still do. My advice to you is childrens blood sugar should be same as us between 4 and 7, whenever my son feels unwell or complains of symptoms that could be diabetes related I test his blood and it is always within the normal range. I would in your position take her to the doctors and get her checked out as it is so much better to find out one way or the other not only for your daughter so she doesn't become very unwell but also for your own peace of mind and worry. I am assuming she is not liking the finger prick but who can blame her hey! As far as I am aware there is nothing else you could use to test her accurately. When we went to the doctors initially they tested her urine, delightful holding a sample bottle under a 9yr old girl while she attempts to pee in it, and not a blood test so hopefully you won't have to go through a finger prick at surgery, they could see from her urine that she was diabetic as the result was so high and from there the nurse got a bit rushy roundy bless her, we spoke to the GP and then made our way to the hospital. Hope this helps you. Heidi [/QUOTE]
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