[roni13]

Our son was just diagnosed type 1 after being going to the ER 2/4/12. He was home the previous week with a mild virus, headache & nausea mainly. He very quickly became severely dehydrated and barely resoonsive over a few hours. When we took him in his BG was over 800 and he was in full DKA. We were blindsided. Needless to say his life and ours changed that instant. He is very slight in size, a good healthy eater and insanely active. We never saw this coming even though dads mom developed diabetes at age 6 and passers away at 64 from complications. My father was type 2 adult onset and also passed from complications. our son is the youngest of 5 kids. They are all being screened now. Here we go. It's been a am rough month of adjustments and lots of lows, but we're plugging along! Sorry about the length. I didn't realize how much I needed to share. Very therapeutic!