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.
Can diabetes cause brain damage? We all know that diabetes is full of highs and lows and it can have a significant damaging effect on the body. What about the brain? How does that roller coaster of blood sugars that is diabetes affect our brain? I remember one time when visiting my parents, my … Read more
In this article, we will learn what is type 1 diabetes treatment. Why? Because until our grandson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, I wasn’t aware that there were different types of diabetes let alone the fact that there are different treatments for each. I figured that if I wasn’t aware of this, in spite … Read more
What is Ketotic Hypoglycemia? Imagine waking to find your 2-year-old child shaking and sweating. She starts vomiting and refusing to eat. Sounds pretty scary and yet some parents are all too familiar with this scene. This scenario plays out frequently and the parents know they need to get sugar-rich drinks into their child immediately in … Read more
Having a diabetic grandson who sometimes spends the night with us we found it important to understand what is nocturnal hypoglycemia and learn what to do should it occur. The first thing to understand is that nocturnal (night time)hypoglycemia is something that can happen to anyone who has diabetes. It occurs more frequently in type … Read more
What is hypoglycemic unawareness is a topic very dear to my heart. This is because our 6-year-old type 1 diabetic grandchild is hypoglycemic unaware. What this means is that he does not recognize the symptoms within his body of hypoglycemia. To compensate for this, his parents (and us when he is with us) must check … 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
After a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and you are told there is no cure, it becomes essential to learn what is type 1 diabetes treatment. Initially, when our grandson was diagnosed we were full of questions and our minds were clearly racing and we had no idea where this type 1 journey would lead … Read more
It became extremely important to learn “what is severe hypoglycemia”, how to recognize it, and ultimately how to treat it when our young grandson was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. We discovered that by frequent monitoring of blood glucose levels, “lows” can be treated before they become severe. We also became painfully aware of just … Read more