Santiago With Lows and Now, 1.5 hours after b-fast, with 144

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Permalink Reply by Kayla on January 26, 2008 at 12:00pm

75 doesnt seem too low to me. but i dunno, after so long with diabetes, my blood sugar can be 55 and ill feel fine. i used to have morning lows a lot! but i just started making sure to have some crackers or juice before i went to bed, no matter what my blood sugar was, and they went away. i still have random morning lows occasionally tho.

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Permalink Reply by Shannon L on January 26, 2008 at 1:30pm

Just to add reassurance I agree that 75 is perfectly fine, it's normal. Also, he had a very high carb, simple sugar breakfast, so a 144 1.5 hours after eating is pretty darned good, considering.

I honestly think you have nothing to worry about.

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Permalink Reply by osumom on January 27, 2008 at 7:09am

It's scary when you are thinking your child might be showing signs of diabetes. My gut is telling me it's nothing because there are not "other" symptoms. My son was drinking gallons of liquid every day and lost weight (of course we didn't know what we were looking at) - but it is good you are getting it checked out.

My thoughts are with you as I know you must be worried. From one parent to another........

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on January 27, 2008 at 2:54pm

Andreina just called me (I an in NYC tonight and until tomorrow): she tested Santiago a while ago and he was at 250! :(

We're taking him to Stanford tomorrow, as part of the Panda/TrialNet program. They will do bloodwork and I am hoping they can direct us either to an internal peditric endo or someone outside...

Honestly, I don't have a good gut feeling about this now. :S

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Curtis on January 27, 2008 at 3:04pm

Did Andreina double check? Are his hands clean? I am sure you already thought of these things, but just wanted to be sure. I will say a prayer for your family tonight. I hope it is nothing.

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on January 27, 2008 at 3:18pm

I asked her that. She didn't have another test strip in hand (I wasn't home and the backup meter was the one she was using). She went to the pharmacy and got more strips and when she tested him again, he had 80.

I am hoping it was a dirty hands or bad reading snafu.

Thanks so much for your support and encouragement!

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Permalink Reply by Shannon L on January 27, 2008 at 3:04pm

Oh Manny :( I'm holding your hand in spirit. I hope everything works out for the best.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Doering on January 27, 2008 at 3:30pm

Breaks my heart, I hope and pray it is just a fluke. Keep us posted. Diabetes is not fair.

I have tested my BIL a few times and he spikes and he is not diabetic as yet, but I know his bgs fluctuate a lot, Some people who are not diabetic have to be careful with there carb intake as well.

I think I read on Diabetes Mine a guy who is nondiabetic and wearing the CGM and he had a few high readings

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on January 27, 2008 at 3:41pm

Manny,

You are close in thoughts and prayers... I can imagine this uncertainty is unbearable.

Is there a possibility that it could be MODY (if fasting BG is okay and after meal is high)?

Hope the meeting at Stanford goes okay!

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on January 29, 2008 at 7:35am

We have good news.

Andreina brought Santiago to the doctor yesterday afternoon and she tested him for glucose in his urine: none!

We are very happy with this news. It still doesn't explain completely why he'd have the "low" episodes (or we should start seeing this numbers as more normal), but we're VERY thankful.

Thanks to all of you who posted here and wrote to us privately with your supportive thoughts and prayers. BIG HUG to you all!

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Permalink Reply by Penny R. on January 29, 2008 at 11:17am

That is great news. Thanks for letting us know.

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Permalink Reply by Allison Blass on January 29, 2008 at 7:46am

Manny, when I was diagnosed, my parents both had their blood sugars checked. My mother's blood sugar was 71 mg/dl. Like everyone has said, I don't think 70s are necessarily low for people without diabetes because it's more of a constant thing. And as for the 67 or whatever the number was, that could have been a bad reading for the meter (it's awfully close to the 70s!). Besides, a low fasting number makes sense since he would not have had any food in him at all. Maybe he is hypoglycemic? Not everything blood sugar is diabetes... lots of people have hypoglycemia and just need to eat regularly, though I don't think you have to worry about that in such a small kid.

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