New Here. Intro. 5 yr old newly diagnosed

[pookas]

Hi everyone! Nice to find a place to learn and get support with this new diagnoses. Hunter was drinking and urinating alot for about a month. It actually started in September when he began to wet his bed. Doc said it would come back to him. Graduallly the drinking and urinating became more prevalent and I suspected Diabetes. Took Hunter for the Urine test on November 14 and she told me go to immediately to the ER. Went there, they did more tests and his sugar was 691 w/ very high Ketones. He was Life Flighted to the nearest Childrens Hospital 1 hour away. In ICU for 1-1/2 days, hospital stay was 4 days total. Of course we are all still overwhelmed as all of you have been, but getting a grip on things now. Here's a short history: Hunter and his brother had EE [Eosinophilic Esophagitis-an allergic disease] for the past 4 years. Finally outgrew all of the food allergies [corn, soy, rice and beef] this past July. So, we had 3 months of normal living. Now this. Hunter also gets croup several times each winter and had eye surgery last May. Hunter will be going back to school tomorrow for the first time since he was dx'd. I'm kind of nervous. We had the school meeting [his school is VERY small-big advantage]. I will be there all week from snack time through lunch just to stand in the background to tweak things if need be. The nurse at his school is a RN and his teacher and I are very close [we call each other at home all the time and she and her husband traveled to the hospital, when he was in, to visit].
Thanks for having me and I'm sure I'll be posting many questions and posting for advice along the way.
BTW, Hunters Endo. team recommended this site, so it must be good!!!

Linda-[NEPA]-Mom to:
Hunter, 5 yrs, dx'd 11/14/05 type I
Colby, 6 yrs, migraines

[Mojo's mommy]

My name is Teri and my daughter is 4 years old and was diagnosed in January of this year. I must say you seem to be taking everything in stride. Good for you, I know how difficult it is. I have a post on here as well , it does not seem to be a very busy forum at all.

I would love to talk with you and trade ideas and stratergies back and forth. The food and snacks and getting a pre-schooler to eat are hard at the best of times. I know that we have issues on a daily basis in our house. What regimin is your son on? What works for you guys as bed time snacks? Have you had any problems with his sugars so far?

Feel free to E-me at tericraig@telus.net any time you like. You can never have too many people to relate to as far as I am concerned,people who are facing the same challenges.

Take good care
Teri

[Melanie]

Hi Linda my daughter is 3 and 1/2 and has had D for a little over a year now! I love being able to come to this site for any questions or just to chat, It's great! I hope that you and your family are getting along ok and I wish you all the best!:cwds:

[emmamghsstudent]

Hi Linda, I posted a comment before on the general board, im a student in Australia studying services such as this site, Children With Diabetes. I would really like some personal insight about your decisions to use Diabetes Support Services.. do you use any other forms of services for support? if so, where did you hear about them? where do you seek support.. for example, friends/family, the hospital, the internet, other resources, medical professionals? How often is this? If so, do you find these reliable or helpful? I would really appreciate any feedback you could give me.. regarding Diabetes support networks, any information I recieve is purely for my research for my school assessment. Thankyou for your time, Emma.
Emr_51@hotmail.com