Wednesday, August 6, 2014

How did you know?

A question I get asked a lot is "How did you know he had diabetes?". Well this is a two part answer. The first part was that Williams mom had a friend that had a son that was diagnosed about a year before William. She had told us some of the things that happened to him. When we started seeing some of these sign we started to worry. The other part was that he was drinking a lot of water all of the time. William was two so he was in diapers but he was just learning to potty train and was peeing in the toilet most of the time. Then one day he started peeing in his diaper a lot. The diapers were so full it looked like they were gong to explode. You could change one and in just a few hours it was that full again.

He was going to a daycare and they started giving us a hard time. The children that came there where suppose to be potty trained or working on it but they felt William was regressing so they eventually asked us to leave. We did call the to inform them later that instead of casting judgement in the future that they may want to look for things like this to warn other parents. It could save a child's life if they were quick to point out that the child had been peeing a lot.

Things to look for:
Drinking A LOT
Peeing A LOT
Loss of weight (we did not notice this with William until later when we saw the pictures)
Not wanting to do much (William was two so it never really slowed him down)

William is healthy now. He gets great care and we love him a lot. We go to the endocrinologist four times a year to get check ups for his diabetes, one time for the family doctor, once a year for the eye doctor (diabetes related), and once a year for the gastroenterologist (celiac). I am luck y to work in a place that allows me to take the time off to care for my son.

Here is to good health,

His Loving Dad

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