suzi
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Hi Sarah,
What a worrying time for you, you must feel as if your in groundhog mode, with little help from the proffessionals. Regarding Keytones, a trace is normal even in non diabetics(starvation keytones) and when ill can register up to about 2+ in my own personal experience, its when there are accompanied with higher blood readings that they become an issue.
Recently my 11 yr old son Andrew was in hospital with DKA bought on by vomiting and diahhoroea, he was dehydrated and i agrueed with an F1 at 5am that i was bringing him into the hospital. Andrew had 4+ keytones,(tested at home) 4+ glucose(tested in hospital), but blood sugars were not as high as i would have expected and didn't go higher than 16, but then he had ,had his bedtime insulin prior)
First thing in the morning is a good time to test for keytones (a trace will be starvation keytones) anything significally higher, then take note.
My son was illish for about a month and it was in the last week that i noticed a big difference, the bed wetting (he was 7 at the time) became a big issue, then the constant thirst, he stepped out of the bath one night and looked as if he'd stepped out of a concentration camp, he'd lost 1st 4lb (tried to get GP appointment for 3 days!) ended up taking him to treatment room, waited 2hrs, found 4+ keytones and bs of 33.4 (the highest there machine went up to) straight to hospital for 4 days. This will be familiar to so many Mums.
You know something is wrong, keep badgering them, you don't want your son to get to the stage my Andrew did, when i think back on those days now, i don't know why i didn't spot it sooner, think i was in denial, and that really tugs at my heart strings.
Unfortunately most hospital staff and doctors don't have enough knowledge when it comes to T1 diabetes, so i would do as Shazza and Sue have suggested and get in touch with your husbands consultant asap, with a family history ,i don't see how he could possibly refuse to see your son.
Best of luck and take care,
Suzi x
What a worrying time for you, you must feel as if your in groundhog mode, with little help from the proffessionals. Regarding Keytones, a trace is normal even in non diabetics(starvation keytones) and when ill can register up to about 2+ in my own personal experience, its when there are accompanied with higher blood readings that they become an issue.
Recently my 11 yr old son Andrew was in hospital with DKA bought on by vomiting and diahhoroea, he was dehydrated and i agrueed with an F1 at 5am that i was bringing him into the hospital. Andrew had 4+ keytones,(tested at home) 4+ glucose(tested in hospital), but blood sugars were not as high as i would have expected and didn't go higher than 16, but then he had ,had his bedtime insulin prior)
First thing in the morning is a good time to test for keytones (a trace will be starvation keytones) anything significally higher, then take note.
My son was illish for about a month and it was in the last week that i noticed a big difference, the bed wetting (he was 7 at the time) became a big issue, then the constant thirst, he stepped out of the bath one night and looked as if he'd stepped out of a concentration camp, he'd lost 1st 4lb (tried to get GP appointment for 3 days!) ended up taking him to treatment room, waited 2hrs, found 4+ keytones and bs of 33.4 (the highest there machine went up to) straight to hospital for 4 days. This will be familiar to so many Mums.
You know something is wrong, keep badgering them, you don't want your son to get to the stage my Andrew did, when i think back on those days now, i don't know why i didn't spot it sooner, think i was in denial, and that really tugs at my heart strings.
Unfortunately most hospital staff and doctors don't have enough knowledge when it comes to T1 diabetes, so i would do as Shazza and Sue have suggested and get in touch with your husbands consultant asap, with a family history ,i don't see how he could possibly refuse to see your son.
Best of luck and take care,
Suzi x