Hi all,
I'm currently sitting at my newly turned 11 year olds hospital bedside.
Over the past 10 days/2 weeks she has been drinking an awful lot, peeling during the night and has had rapid weight loss.
I phoned the GP yesterday, explained all of the above, she said the 1st app was Thursday at 1630, I phoned yesterday at 9am.
I phoned the childrens hospital and I asked to speak to a diabetic nurse, which I did. She said to ensure I have an app with the Dr before 12 noon or bring her up to A&E.
I phoned back the GP, explained all to receptionist and she said ill get the Dr to call you back in 1/2 hour. I waited 20 minutes and collected my daughter from school and took her to A&E.
they have her the finger prick test and her blood was at 33, I was told normal is 4-7 and I'm lucky I brought her in when I did.
After some tears and my daughter being a little pin cushion, we were told we have to stay in until Friday in order for them to balance her levels out.
I'm trying to be brave, inside I wish it was me and for it all to go away.
I am completely on my own, her father and I split when she was 3 and he rarely has anything to do with her, I phoned and told him and he said "thousands of people get diagnosed with that every day, you walk past hundreds in the street. It's no big deal. Contact me if it gets serious"
I can't even reply to that. His daughter, not an animal.
So, the 2 of us will be doing this on our own.
How did you all cope when 1st diagnosed?
I'm so scared I do something wrong or she ends up in a coma or something.
She's at the age she just wants to go out with her friends all the time, I'm worried she takes sweets off of kids as she normally would and it sends her into a bloody coma or something.
What questions should I be asking?
My head is all over the place.
I'm currently sitting at my newly turned 11 year olds hospital bedside.
Over the past 10 days/2 weeks she has been drinking an awful lot, peeling during the night and has had rapid weight loss.
I phoned the GP yesterday, explained all of the above, she said the 1st app was Thursday at 1630, I phoned yesterday at 9am.
I phoned the childrens hospital and I asked to speak to a diabetic nurse, which I did. She said to ensure I have an app with the Dr before 12 noon or bring her up to A&E.
I phoned back the GP, explained all to receptionist and she said ill get the Dr to call you back in 1/2 hour. I waited 20 minutes and collected my daughter from school and took her to A&E.
they have her the finger prick test and her blood was at 33, I was told normal is 4-7 and I'm lucky I brought her in when I did.
After some tears and my daughter being a little pin cushion, we were told we have to stay in until Friday in order for them to balance her levels out.
I'm trying to be brave, inside I wish it was me and for it all to go away.
I am completely on my own, her father and I split when she was 3 and he rarely has anything to do with her, I phoned and told him and he said "thousands of people get diagnosed with that every day, you walk past hundreds in the street. It's no big deal. Contact me if it gets serious"
I can't even reply to that. His daughter, not an animal.
So, the 2 of us will be doing this on our own.
How did you all cope when 1st diagnosed?
I'm so scared I do something wrong or she ends up in a coma or something.
She's at the age she just wants to go out with her friends all the time, I'm worried she takes sweets off of kids as she normally would and it sends her into a bloody coma or something.
What questions should I be asking?
My head is all over the place.