Fate is an ironic bastard…

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Fate is an ironic bastard at times.

It took a while for us to notice the signs of twin girl’s diabetes, we put the excessive bed wetting down to the stress of moving house and we just simply failed to see the weight drop off her and her skin pale to whiteness.  We failed to see the seriousness in the symptoms.

Now I am opposite, I am vigilant mum, ready to see health scares in every sneeze and desperate to wrap the kids in cotton wool.  It is a superhero costume that doesn’t fit comfortably on my skin but I wear my costume every day.

Vigilant mum is armed with Calpol, has the doctor on speed dial and knows the quickest way to A&E in varying traffic times.  Vigilant mum rises every morning at 2am to check twin girl’s blood sugars to make sure that she is within normal range.

Vigilant mum is a bit overbearing.

However she is fuelled by fear and worry that some other crap disorder will find its way into her home.

This week I got the chance to allow my alter ego to come out and play.  BB woke up on Friday morning burning hot and looking miserable, we called the GP so check her over and explained that Hip Dysplasia, epilepsy and diabetes had left us cautious.  We were told she had a viral infection; I repeated my fear of diabetes and was told there was no harm in checking her blood sugars at home.

Any type one parent will tell you they routinely check their other children, type one diabetes is hereditary so it is more than possible that the iron may strike twice.

That evening we checked BB and the machine bleeped angrily at me: 2.3.

Vigilant mum literally pooped her pants.

I will remind you, a non diabetic person has a blood sugar range of between 4 and 8, anything under 4 for a person with diabetes in considered ‘hypo’ and needs treating with fast acting sugar.  Twin girl’s worse hypo to date is 2.9…

On the bed in front of me was a toddler looking pale and sweaty, tired and ill and having a hypo.

My eldest daughter is a type one diabetic and it would seem my youngest girl has hypoglycaemia – one has no insulin and the other too much.

As I said, fate is an ironic bastard.

33 thoughts on “Fate is an ironic bastard…”

  2. Oh no! Just cruel. Are you sending her to get tests done or could this just be a blip in the machine? So sorry to hear this 🙁 No wonder you ‘pooped your pants’.

  3. Seriously I have given up trying to work out this crazy life. Simply a case of one day at a time or in fact on Somedays one hour/ minute at a time.

  4. Oh that is so awful. Poor little Libbs and poor you as the parent suffers too. Sounds like Libbs is a great little fighter (a very pretty one too)! x x

  7. oh ffs as if you needed anything else to go wrong.

    We are at the doctors tomorrow getting Alison tested for diabetes 🙁 fingers crossed it is negative.
    I don’t think I could cope with cancer and diabetes.

  19. Oh Jane, so sorry about that. However it is -one- reading, and she is under the weather. Do be vigilant, but here’s hoping that once she comes out of the virus her blood sugar pings back to normal… xx

  20. I’d say Good God, but clearly he’s not. That’s awful and so worrying……hopefully it’s only the virus? Thank heavens for her vigilant mum 🙂

    ((xx)) Jazzy

  24. Hi
    We often test our other daughters’ blood too. Usually when they are asleep to avoid any stress, so far we have been lucky. I hope this odd low number is related to the virus and not diabetes. You’ll be an expert and familiar with what to do this time around.

  26. Oh my gosh, I am so sorry you are going through this. You do not deserve this, you have been through so much already. I think you are very brave and doing an incredible job with the kids.
    Sending lots of love
    Sxx

  28. Holly sh*t, I can’t believe I am reading this. I do hope it is all viral related and not permanent? I fear you are in the better position to know. Life is being cruel to you all right now and I hope something good comes out of it all for you.

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