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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jen&amp;Khaleb" data-source="post: 75143" data-attributes="member: 13077">Hi there,My son was 8 months old diagnosed T1.  It all happened over three days.  One day thirsty, another day he seemed unwell and the next morning I took him to hospital.  He had a blood sugar of 86 so spent some time in intensive care.Don't be shocked by your son having blood sugars in the 20's now and again.  It happens fairly often but shouldn't stay that high for long periods.  You cannot aim to have a childs blood sugar stay between 4 and 8 like adults or you will be risking some very serious hypos.  As your son gets older you will find better control.My son goes to bed with a blood sugar between 14 and 18 and I am generally checking him once in the small hours of the morning.  He wakes up with a blood sugar of 5 or 6 generally, unless I have had to top him up in the night.  During the day he stays under 10 but it has taken me a fair while to get that sort of control.I am sure you will get a lot more assistance once you get home.  I can tell you that I was completely overwhelemed at first and struggled to do day to day stuff worrying about blood sugars but it is a fairly normal part of our day now.  I cancel everything if he gets sick and make huge allowances of time for car trips or appointments.Take it slowly.  It is very hard with a young diabetic child.  Even half units of insulin make massive drops and small amounts of food make massive rises.  The one good point is that your child wont remember any other life and will find it quite normal to get his finger pricked before food and have needles.I am trying to wean Khaleb off bottles of milk at the moment so this is a fairly challenging time but I am determined to get this sorted out.  Having him on a bottle has made life really easy with his diabetes.  It was a low carb option to keep him in safe zones between meals and was an easy way to top him up if he was low in the night.  I could also add castor sugar to the milk to treat mild hypos although I think fruit juice is better (Khaleb wont drink fruit juice).Wishing you all the best and sorry your holiday wasn't all it was supposed to be.  Not even too many medical professionals see kids as young as ours with diabetes.  I have not met anyone diagnosed younger than Khaleb yet.  He also has Down syndrome and this is apparently the reason for his young onset.Take care, Jen x</blockquote>

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