DIABETES: Message to local doctors, parents
Last year, our little granddaughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, just days after her second birthday. Excessive water consumption prompted her parents to visit the doctor. An on-call physician tested and though glucose was higher than normal, dismissed it and she was sent home.
Days later, she was scheduled for her two-year checkup. Parents asked for a retest, and her doctor was hesitant. Parents pushed, and the test showed glucose at over 400. This resulted in an emergency run and three-day stay at the children’s hospital in Spokane. The staff there commented that the early detection was great as many children were taken by ambulance and required days or weeks in ICU. While at a luncheon with Breakthrough T1D, we were told by other parents that the “missed testing“ had also happened to them.
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