SO frustrating.
Middle schooler dx in May with T1D. I've been telling the kid for a MONTH that their glucose levels were starting to go up, that their "honeymoon" phase seemed to be ending and they needed to get on top of managing things. I was telling the kid LAST week they really needed to be checking their glucose in the mornings, even if they don't eat anything. I've been trying to pull the kid from class to do diabetes education with them. I was telling the mom TWO days ago that the student can die from this, the numbers are trending up, that she really needed to attend the education class at the local children's hospital, etc.
What happens instead? Kid walks in for glucose check before lunch and it reads "Hi." They almost immediately start vomiting. Kid still claims they can't pee enough to check ketones (same story every time they have been over 250 this month - UGH!) even though they peed just fine this morning. 6 units, still "hi" 30 minutes later, 6 more units, STILL "hi" 30 minutes later (under endo direction). Emesis x2 more. Mom arrives, EMS arrives, kid goes to the hospital.
Per kid, they hadn't checked glucose since yesterday at school when it was high (300s, then upper 200s 2hr post). They felt sick last night, ate pizza for dinner, didn't take short acting with it. Fortunately took long acting at bed. Woke up feeling sick, still didn't check glucose. Mom's story? She tells kid to check glucose, but he's always tired and doesn't want to.
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I know mom doesn't get it (doesn't help that there is a language barrier), and it's a lot to take in and learn. But MAN is it frustrating.