Grand-parenting Type 1 Diabetic
Learning to navigate the often scary world of diabetes as the grandparent of a type 1. We share our experiences, things we found that work and things that didn't work so well.
Our young type 1 diabetic grandson doesn’t always drink as much water as he should which makes me wonder how does dehydration affects diabetes? Seriously, we can all be affected by dehydration for various reasons. We can easily become dehydrated during the summer when the sun is out and the temperatures are high and we … Read more
Did you know it is possible to prevent both short term and long term type 1 diabetes complications? I didn’t. In fact, I didn’t know anything about type 1 diabetes until just over a year ago. That was when our lives changed forever as our 4-year-old grandson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. When type … Read more
I must admit I found the topic of Diabetic Ketoacidosis to be the scariest. I believe the biggest reason for this was my lack of understanding. I know it is a very serious and life-threatening complication of Type 1 Diabetes but I was totally unaware of how to prevent it. I must say learning the … Read more