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The sweet life with a diabetic child
“Ketones don’t only develop with high blood sugars; they can also develop with lows, such as with the stomach flu. Check ketones anytime a child vomits.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
This month marked 11 years that Q has lived with type 1 diabetes. Eleven. Years. She has now lived 75% of her lifetime with diabetes. We marked the day with cupcakes, of course. Cupcakes are totally bolus-worthy! Conservatively she’s done: 24,102+ finger pricks and blood sugar checks 4,400+ insulin injections 1339+ insulin pump changes A […]
I hadn’t known that ketones develop with *lows*, though I had heard to check if someone is vomiting or sick. I’d just thought people tended to run high when sick. (No direct experience, thank goodness… more T1/T2 differences…)