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Permalink Reply by pj on January 5, 2011 at 9:11am

You didn't say how old your daughter is, but I have three kids that are all now grown. Both my girls had "tummy ache syndrome" in the early years of grade school and neither of them are diabetic. Of course you want to stay on top of it, but this might just be a typical little girl thing. I would ask your doctor, but I know, as the parent of a type 1 child, you fear everything has a deeper meaning and it might not. It could just be that she's a young girl going through a typical thing at her age. Hope this does some to allay your anxiety.

Permalink Reply by Alissa on January 5, 2011 at 9:36am

Naomi is as she would tell you ..."6 3/4" yrs old. Thanks for your comments! I had the phone in hand to call the Endo to ask them but decided to continue on with my own detective work for now.

Permalink Reply by ShellGolladay on January 5, 2011 at 9:29am

My only thought was ketones. My son has never had ketones with high BG's. One day he was tired, cranky, did not want to swim and had completely normal BG numbers I checked and he had small ketones. I am not sure if he was fighting an illness or what! The ketones cleared and the next day he was back to normal. Like PJ said it could just be normal girl stuff or maybe something she ate. A call to the doctor might be worth the peace of mind as well. Hope she feels better soon!

Permalink Reply by Alissa on January 5, 2011 at 9:41am

Thanks! Maybe she is fighting a bug. Oh...I hope not. If she has it again tomorrow AM I think I'll call the DR just to check in with them on it. Thanks again!

Permalink Reply by pj on January 5, 2011 at 9:57am

Boy, this parenting thing is never a cinch! My son (the big guy in our picture) is 30 and he is the one with type 1. He played college football (lineman) and recently had a fairly serious, previously undiscovered spinal cord injury repaired (fused three vertebrae and six bone grafts put in to replace deteroriated discs). He lives and works 8 hours away so we went to his home to help him recover (neurosurgeon said he shouldn't be alone till his follow up three weeks later, which was two days ago; his girlfriend also was there some of the time after we weren't). I worried so much about his recovery and the surgery due to his diabetes on top of his conditon requiring the operation (big part of the complications post surgery was swelling in the neck, where they went in to do the spinal surgery, making it hard to swallow, therefore to eat, plus the fasting time to get ready for the surgery). Turns out, despite all of our worries, his history of bg lows in the teens, seizures as a result, etc. he did GREAT and is on a quick path to recovery. As parents of kids, grown or not, with type 1 diabetes, it is always good to hear (I think, anyway) that they can be basically healthy people who can get thru a lot no matter how much we worry. Best of everything to all. Feeling like you aren't alone means so much.

Permalink Reply by christina on January 5, 2011 at 10:00am

Hello!
I just got a phone call and had to pick up my daughter- age 6 from school. She woke up in the middle of night saying her tummy hurt too! She went to the nurse and told her that her tummy was hurting.
We just had our endo appt. yesterday and they did her blood work. The dr. said she is going to test for Celiac again. Last yr. it came back negative. Praying for the same results. I am also wondering, like you, what are these tummy aches???
I do have an appt. with the pediatrician this afternoon. I will let you know if my daughter's is a symptom of something different ( sickness) or not. Good luck!!!

Permalink Reply by Alissa on January 5, 2011 at 10:08am

Oh no! I hope your little one is okay! Please do let me know what you find if you get a moment. No vomit girls...no vommiting! :) Right now that is my big fear that these tummy aches are going to turn into pukes!

Permalink Reply by MsShelly on January 5, 2011 at 10:13am

My son was diagnosed in Feb of 09 and I remember him complaining with a tummy ache on and off for a while. His endo didn't know why. The school nurse said the other diabetics complained sometimes of tummy aches and she seemed to think it had something to do with the pancreas since it is in that area. One of the other diabetics mothers at school also mentioned that her son was having the same problem, he was diagnosed one year prior to my son. I hadn't thought about this an a while neither of our children have celiac and they have been checked. Hope this problem passes for your daughter also very soon.

Permalink Reply by Christophersmom on January 5, 2011 at 10:18am

My son, Christopher is 10 and was diagnosed at 9 last January. It is not unusual for him to have stomach aches in the morning. Sometimes if it happens more than once I put him in Miralax just to make sure he is regular. Sometimes it helps. I think it is also just part of being type 1. So many minor aches and pains that are hard to fix.

Krisitna

Permalink Reply by Alissa on January 5, 2011 at 10:39am

Thanks! I may need to go the rout of Miralax.. Thank you for commenting!

Permalink Reply by Emily B on January 5, 2011 at 10:21am

My son DOES have celiac, but even being gluten free didn't help his constant stomach aches and even diarrhea. His gastroenterologist told me to try probiotics and they helped 100%. He recommended Culturelle, which comes in pills or a powder to mix into food/drink.
He told us that it's quite common for people with diabetes and people with celiac to have an overgrowth of bad bacterias in their gut.
Also, kids' Tums. Sometimes helps.

Permalink Reply by Alissa on January 5, 2011 at 10:37am

I will be on the hunt for Culturelle. Thank you! Does the probiotic do anything to his bg numbers? THANKS!

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