day 2

well yesterday I had no idea what today would bring..and thats probably a good thing! We got up at 6 am to go get his labs done. It was his first time ever getting blood drawn..and I even told the lady that, well lets just say he did not have a good experience.. She was really insensitive.. he looked like he was gonna faint and he was super shakey...

He was glad it was over to say the least!
so we went home and I told him he could stay home..I felt like he needed to stay home..Well the hubby said he was fine, send him to school..So I did..and I really did not want to...I had a bad feeling about it...I didnt voice that very well..but I was second guessing myself..

So I figured I would call the doctor at 9 or 10 to see if they got at least the sugar levels..but they said no, that it would take 5-7 days to get back to me..That didnt sit well with me..I just had a terrible feeling, so I called a friend whos daughter has Type 1 as well..she said that was way too long..and he should really be checked..
My knowledge on this was not very good, and I wasnt sure if I was being paranoid mommy, or if I needed to just get him and figure something out...
The spirit told me clearly to go get my son now.
I did..
I called my friend again, and she offered to test him..we considered doing if later in the day, but I really felt strongly that I needed to check him then..he was a little stressed about getting his blood checked..
Im sure it was more fear of the unknown.. so anyway we went and checked it at my friends house..At that point it was 403..A normal persons blood sugar should be between 90-120...so his was crazy high.. he was pale and looked like he was going to faint..We got him some water and he rested the way home.. I was SO glad I got him from school!

I called the doctor again and told them of the reading we got.they said they were not going to do anything, so I asked if they could just send us to a specialist today and they said "His body has managed it this long, he can wait 5-7 more days, if you have any more questions check webMD"
At this point I did not know if I should calm down, or trust my feeling and get him seen.

We went home and he rested and ate because it was lunch time..I asked some more friends about the number and they agreed it was really high, dangerously, call the ambulance high..SO I called my friend and went over to her house again... I wanted to check it again to see if it went up or down, or stayed the same..She was so helpful in this whole process, and willing to help. SO she tested him again...It was now at 425. Craig immediately starter to break down. At that point I decided we were going to the hospital.

I left Carter home (it is his birthday so I felt so sad for him... he had a lame day and I did not get to spend much time with him at all) and got a sitter for Madi.. Dropped her off and we were on our way to Phx Childrens. On the way I called my uncle who is a fire fighter and he said the same, head to the ER... that just confirmed my feelings and I felt much better about taking him..

ON the way Craig cried, he was scared and worried..then he fell asleep..I was glad to see him sleeping, and not worrying so much, he looked peaceful for a moment.. He went from being mad and saying "I hate diabetes" to scared, to this:
Craig: mom, is there a fund raiser for diabetes?
Me: oh yes Im sure there are a lot
Craig: well we need to do one..There are other people out there dealing with this too.

I honestly was a little speechless...I could not believe he said that, and he sounded like a grown up..my little boy..He has such an amazing spirit and as I was driving and trying so hard to not cry or show emotion, I just about lost it ...I felt so thankful for his thoughts and words..HIs whole life is going to change...and he isnt depressed or feeling bad for himself...There will obviously be rough days ahead, but I was thankful for his good attitude.

When we got to the hospital we were approached, I told them what was going on and they got a room for us immediately..They checked his levels and they had gone even higher..then it was more pokes, blood draws, and IV and lots of people with lots of questions and information.
He finally got to drink something..and he was so excited because they gave him a diet coke.. we rarely buy soda..and never caffeinated ones..ha, so he thought he was cool to get to taste diet coke!!

Now we are in our room..We will be here for 3 days at least..We have been given a long binder of info to read through..I have to give him a shot in half an hour...I HATE needles, blood, shots or anything like that, so I am not sure how this will go...It totally stresses me out.. The nurses have been great and Craig is feeling better and is very optimistic..which is good since this is a life long disease.
I still have lots of worries..questions and a lot to learn to be able to care for him...This will be a long emotional road...for the whole family..we need to educate the other kids so the can understand what is going on with their brother..

Tomorrow Craig will see a lot of specialists who will walk us through everything from getting his meds from insurance, giving him the right meds, a nutritionist to help with carb counting, a social worker to help us learn what to do for him in school and more! Its a lot to come in the next few days.....