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MADISON IS OUR 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES (T1D) TWO WEEKS BEFORE HER 7TH BIRTHDAY.

ON JULY 4TH SHE WASN’T ACTING LIKE HERSELF (THIRSTY, TIRED, GOING TO THE BATHROOM MORE THAN USUAL, ETC.), SO I CALLED THE DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR JULY 6TH, HOWEVER, BY THAT EVENING WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK MADISON TO NEMOURS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED I SUSPECTED SHE MAY HAVE T1D, AND URGED THE NURSE TO CHECK HER BLOOD GLUCOSE (BG) RIGHT AWAY. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT A NORMAL BG WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT I KNEW BY THE NURSE’S REACTION THAT NEARLY 500 WAS NOT GOOD. MADISON WAS IMMEDIATELY ADMITTED TO THE ICU FOR DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA). SHE WAS VERY SICK…