Gracie is sick

Sarah and Hannah had a flu bug hit them last week and we had hoped Gracie would squeak by without catching it too. Unfortunately, she didn't. We knew something was up because her blood sugars were all over the place the last couple of days and finally started staying rather high last night. By midnight she was closing in on 300, so of course that meant more insulin. An hour later she started throwing up. When a diabetic gets sick, their system isn't equipped to handle it well and they begin running ketones. Ketones tell us that the body is using muscle, tissue, and organs for fuel rather than the glucose it should be using. Well, after all night her endocrinologist and I made the hard decision to get her to the ER. I knew that I could keep battling her diabetes at home a little longer, but the outcome wouldn't change...she needed IV fluids and medicine. So, here we are; she's a little trooper enduring it all...the poking, the blood tests, the IV. This isn't new; she's stayed pretty healthy the past couple of years, but prior to that she was in the ER 4 times a year and admitted twice a year typically. Type 1 diabetes is very much an invisible disability. On a normal day you wouldn't know Gracie dealt with all she does because we manage her disease pretty well. But times like this it's front and center and it's hard to see what it does to such a little girl. I know so many people are praying for Gracie to recover quickly and for that I'm so thankful. I'll keep updating as we know more.