Here is a true story from my life this week: My eldest daughter woke up on the second day of school with a very bad stomach ache, blurry vision, a dizzy head, tingly fingers and very thirsty. I asked if I could check her bloodsugar- after all I am a nurse and a diabetic right?
She of course ran in the other direction screaming no. She sucked down 3 glasses of water and got on the school bus and all was well until mid day. I received a phone message from the school nurse. ‘Ms. James, no urgency but could you please call us back, we have K in the nurse office”.
I called back and the nurse wanted to know if she had missed something on the health form since K had come to her office and said, “My belly and head hurts and I am thirsty and my Mom thinks I am a diabetic”!
In no way did I say she was diabetic ,I explained, but I guess she deduced that by me wanting to check her sugar she had diabetes. I reassured the nurse and all was well. Then when K got home she said, “Mom, if you want to call my teacher at home she has a son that has what I do and she said she can answer any questions”.
I asked, “well, what it is that you have”?
She answered diabetes and I couldn’t help but smile. I explained at length that she does not have diabetes and what it means to have low versus high blood sugar and how it affects so many children and it is not something to take lightly. She understood all that I said and then she said, and this is were you just look at your kids and want to eat them up…
“Mom, we should go to the store and buy stuff to make sugar free cookies for the cafeteria to serve to all he diabetic children in my school. And we should also teach the kids what it means and what to watch for”!
My heart was proud. She is so sweet!! And even a diabetic Mom can eat her up!
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