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[ChefChiTown]

Hi, nothing to do with marriage, still hanging in there.

Yesterday our youngest daughter was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, so for the next week I will be rooming with her on the Pediatric Ward of our hospital and trying my best to learn all about how much insulin, what kind of insulin, when to give insulin, when and how to test glucose, etc. etc.

I am so tired and trying not to cry in front of my little girl, who is being so brave. This is not the life we wanted for her, but it is the life that she has. We are thankful it's nothing worse, but it is still shocking and overwhelming.

Won't be around WLF for the next little bit.
ABBA

I can imagine that would be quite a shock to you. If it makes you feel any better, my aunt has Type 1 Diabetes and she is fine. Her life is perfectly normal and healthy. She just has to test her blood a few times a day and regulate her blood sugar with insulin injections every once in a while. Does it suck? Yeah, it does. But, does it ruin your life? Absolutely not.

Keep your spirits up. Things will fall into place and everything won't seem so bad. Good luck.

 

[baglady2713]

hang in there............

i can still remember the day finn was diagnosed with autism...i was shocked but not surprised...as finn had displayed so many little peculiar ways (running from room to room with his eyes closed/no fear for anything...watching TV upside down...why?? well why not?? LOL oh & the screaminggggggg) that i knew he was different. but i have always accepted him just as he is...even though at times it can be hard...especially on the ears!!! he still likes to squeal & screech (sometimes he can sound just like a jet landing....)

you will get over the shock...diabetes maybe part of your daughters life but it won't be the whole of her...just like autism is not the whole of finn. finn is finn...he is how he is/the way he was meant to be...in time you will accept the diabetes as just a part of who your daughter is...but she hasn't changed she is the same as she ever was/the way she was meant to be...