Thursday, April 10, 2008

Week 0 - How it all started

The boy is 9 year old. Active, good student, he could sell health. One day he started to feel real bad, got him to the hospital, and was sent to ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at once. 2 days there, 5 more days in the standard room.
He was about to have a diabetic coma, his blood sugars through the roof (GC 400+, A1C 12.5). After the situation got stabilized, our local doctor started to train us all and define the best dose of insulin. So after we adjusted to this new way of life, we got back home where 2 things changed a lot: the need of the daily injections and blood tests, and the diet of all of us to 'do the thing' together with the boy.

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