Mom of a diabetic
My name is Shawn and my 14 yr son was diagnosed May 2002 with
Type 1. It was a huge blow because no one in our family has
diabetes. He has been hospitalized 4 times since he was diagnosed.
In Nov. he was down to 62 lbs and his bgl was over 1100 when we got
him to the ER.
He did fairly well with it for about 3 months and then it shot up
again and then we got it under control for about 2 months and now it
is never below 200.
We live in a small town with now support group for children and the
closes one is 2 hrs away from us. So I am looking for any support or
ideas I can get.
He is very angry right now and we have him in counseling but he
hates it and doesn’t really want to talk about his diabetes. We are
going to send him to camp this summer but he doesn’t want to go. But
we think he will like once he gets there.
Anyone with any input on this will be grateful listened to.
Thank you