Everyone has their own story about how type one diabetes came crashing into their world. They are all different, but still the same. You are going along living your life until one day you hit a brick wall.
This is our story.
This is our story.
Sept.12th is when the nightmare began. I took Shanie to the doctor thinking she had a bladder infection. They did a urine test and we waited thinking no big deal, you get medication and she will be better. When you get a phone call from the doctor herself, you know something is up. She told us that there was sugar in her urine. She thought there may have been a mistake but she wanted to do a blood test. Since it was a Friday she was going to wait until Monday morning. She asked if Shanie was sick. We said no she was fine, so we thought. She told us that if during the weekend she got sick, take her to the ER. We had no idea what she ment by "sick". All weekend we looked up sugar in urine on the internet. It all came up the same, DIABETES. We were scared but hoping for the best.
Monday morning came, Sept. 15th. We went in for the 3 hour blood test.....then the wait.......that afternoon the doctor called. I will never forget what she said, "It's what we thought, she has diabetes". It took everything I had but I managed to stay calm as she told me that we needed to get her to the hospital asap! After I got off the phone with her I told Shanie's dad to come into the bedroom. I told him what she said and we both broke down and cried. We pulled ourselves together and tried to stay calm as we went and told our little 7 yr old daughter that she was sick and we had to take her to the hospital. She was so brave. We had no idea what we were all in for.
When we got the hospital, they did all kinds of tests and threw so much information at us, our heads were spinning. We were in shock and we needed all this information to keep our child alive. She did everything they told her to do. She was confused because she didn't feel sick. We would later learn that we had caught it early and that most children that are diagnosed are really sick. I guess being an over protective parent really paid off. She was in the hospital for three days as we learned how to test her blood sugar and what the numbers ment. We had to learn how to give her shots. I know for most parents you hate it when your children have to go in and the doctor gives them a shot. We are no different. It took all the strength I had to pinch my daugther's little leg to inject the needle myself. It broke my heart every single time. While she was in the hospital I couldn't leave her side. That first night I held her all night long and I could not stop crying. I couldn't sleep. I kept watching the window waiting for the next morning, waiting for the sun to come and waiting for this nightmare to be over. But as the sun started to rise, I was still there next to my daughter, lying in the hospital. This was real. It was a nightmare that would never end and we would have to live it everyday. That was eight years ago. Life with diabetes is like a roller coaster. It has many ups and downs and lots of twists and turns. You never know what to expect. We were very ignorant about type one diabetes. Most people don't understand it. Here are some things I wish people knew about this disease.....
Monday morning came, Sept. 15th. We went in for the 3 hour blood test.....then the wait.......that afternoon the doctor called. I will never forget what she said, "It's what we thought, she has diabetes". It took everything I had but I managed to stay calm as she told me that we needed to get her to the hospital asap! After I got off the phone with her I told Shanie's dad to come into the bedroom. I told him what she said and we both broke down and cried. We pulled ourselves together and tried to stay calm as we went and told our little 7 yr old daughter that she was sick and we had to take her to the hospital. She was so brave. We had no idea what we were all in for.
When we got the hospital, they did all kinds of tests and threw so much information at us, our heads were spinning. We were in shock and we needed all this information to keep our child alive. She did everything they told her to do. She was confused because she didn't feel sick. We would later learn that we had caught it early and that most children that are diagnosed are really sick. I guess being an over protective parent really paid off. She was in the hospital for three days as we learned how to test her blood sugar and what the numbers ment. We had to learn how to give her shots. I know for most parents you hate it when your children have to go in and the doctor gives them a shot. We are no different. It took all the strength I had to pinch my daugther's little leg to inject the needle myself. It broke my heart every single time. While she was in the hospital I couldn't leave her side. That first night I held her all night long and I could not stop crying. I couldn't sleep. I kept watching the window waiting for the next morning, waiting for the sun to come and waiting for this nightmare to be over. But as the sun started to rise, I was still there next to my daughter, lying in the hospital. This was real. It was a nightmare that would never end and we would have to live it everyday. That was eight years ago. Life with diabetes is like a roller coaster. It has many ups and downs and lots of twists and turns. You never know what to expect. We were very ignorant about type one diabetes. Most people don't understand it. Here are some things I wish people knew about this disease.....
She did nothing to cause this./ She did not each too much sugar/ She cannot just take a pill/ She cannot lose weight or change her diet to get rid of this./ She will have it for the rest of her life./ She has to fight this disease 24/7 and she can never take a break from it/ She has to worry about carbs, not sugar./ She has to weigh and measure everything thing she eats./ INSULIN IN NOT A CURE!!!!
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