I know -A day in the life of a parent of a Type1 child.

If she's had her urine tested, it's unlikely to be diabetes. When the Doctor test's the urine, they are looking for ketones in the urine. In diabetes mellitus the urine burns the skin and this doesn't heal until insulin treatment.
Please continue seeing your doctor and make sure you get to the bottom of it. Urine stick's can go out of date very quickly, your concerns should be commended because many Doctors miss the symptoms. My daughter had been sent away many times, but thankfully the urine test did confirm.
Hope this helps
Jo

 

This forum has been such a much needed emotional help for me as a mum of a type 1 teenager. Have not had any support emotionally before discovering diabetes.co.uk. Thank you.

 

Try also kids with diabetes it is american but very alive

 

You're an amazing mummy and you're doing a wonderful job. Well done!

 

.My daughter was diagnosed in 2003 she was 2.5 years and was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease 2 weeks later... it was as if our whole world had fell apart and you've described all the fears and anxieties that you go through spot on, ...My daughter is now 17 Years old and is a wonderful independent strong girl she makes me immensely proud of how she deals with everything....children are so resilient...you will get through it and it will get easier x

 

My daughter was diagnosed at 20 months old, now she is "a big 4" and it does not get easier, we just learned to live with it, we just do not take failures too close, BUT IT IS NOT EASIER. She can only be controlled with pump and continuous glucose monitor, she can only go to nursery because we bought 4G and i can watch her rises and falls on my phone. I still feel like i do not do enough, but what i totally agree with, it is a fight worth fighting, for the little brave ones!

 

@Gemmablower your post brings up some important points, especially for me. My son was diagnosed when he was 4 years old many years ago. His ability to accept with very little complaints his situation is astounding (of course, it's pretty much all he's ever know). But one thing which really infuriates me is the the general lack of knowledge, both at the personal and medical level, concerning the overwhelming sacrifices that need to be made to allow our son to live the same life as any other 11 year old. The amount of times I've heard 'no more cake for him then' as if having Type 1 diabetes is like some Hollywood dieting fad. The care needed for our son to be at the level we deem necessary takes vast amounts of time, sacrifice and punishment. Either those close to us feel it is nothing different than not eating sweets or they are so fearful of his care that they hide away. As such, there is my wife and me and no one else. It is exhausting (even if you just consider the nights) and has pretty much meant that we have had to have one of us always out of work (fortunately I am a researcher and have flexible work hours). The reason for this is that we firmly believe that his illness is our illness until he is ready to take it on board. He's 11 years old and like most 11 year olds 5 minutes is no different than 5 hours. That's the beauty of childhood, it sets it's own limits and works with it's own time. Diabetes does not. To force on him the responsibility for his own care before it has any benefit for him would strip all that away from him.

I thank you @Gemmablower for your post. I think it is essential that we do not hide away from the fact that to look after a child with Type 1 is nothing short of shattering. Of course, diabetes varies from one person to another, not to mention social situations or personal believes about care. But for a large portion of people, they put their own lives on pause so that their child can live on fast forward.

 

Such a beautiful post!! I am a mum to Newley diagnosed 4 year old girl six months ago!! I initially struggled to come to terms with it all and still at times look at my sweet and innocent girl and wonder why!!! However, she is coping amazingly and she just now gets on with it, She is such an inspiration, the constant checks, carb counting, sleepless nights are difficult but like any other parent I do it as she is my baby who's life at this present moment does rely on me, so I will always do my utmost best xx

 

Hi @Gemmablower,, I have a lot of respect and admiration for my parents as I was diagnosed in 1966 and my parents were clueless as to what to do. There wasn't a whole lot of information back in those days. The times I would wake up in the middle night yelling and screaming because I was having a hypo, the times I would scoop up spare change and go to the store to buy a snack without my parents knowledge and the times I would just take off for the day to have fun - they must have been nervous wrecks. When my kids were born I was hoping like hell they wouldn't be diagnosed with diabetes - fortunately they are both in their 20s now.

Coming from the perspective of a Type 1 - I don't know how parents do it.