Ashley has had a couple of episodes over the past few weeks where she eats some sort of sweet sugary food over the course of a day (like cake at a birthday party, then dessert with dinner) and she gets nauseous and shaky. She didn't really have any other symptoms, but considering the amount of people in our families that have diabetes, we were just a little concerned.
So I took her in to the pediatrician this morning. He did a thorough exam and asked a ton of questions. There are other symptoms of diabetes she isn't showing like frequent urination, decrease in appetite and losing weight (considering she has gained 4 pounds since last August, her appetite is just fine). What he thinks is going on is a sensitivity to sugar, where her protein level is low, but her carbs and sugar level is high. What four year old doesn't love carbs? Heck, even I love carbs. So we will make some changes to her breakfast and her snacks and keep track of what she eats. A relief, yes.
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Well, thank God for that!
i imagine that was very scary! Thank God that it's just an imbalance!
Yikes...glad she is okay!! Hopefully you can get it all figured out just by changing her diet around.
Thankfully it's not something worse!
Thank goodness. Fingers crossed that is what it is and it can be controlled with diet control...good luck!
glad you got it figured out... hope the changes help her!
wow-- that must have been a relief!
abby can get really nasty if she has sugar on an empty stomach - like the sugar takes control of her and turns her into devil child!
at least it's not diabetes though!
I'm glad it wasn't anything more serious!
I'm glad it was good news! I am a carb fan too!
I used to get really bad headaches when I had sugar. I've outgrown it. Which is good for me, bad for my waistline.
I'm sure that was a huge relief! But still, what a pain to constantly worry about the balance. Good luck!
So glad to hear the good news!
I am also a big diabetes-watcher, as my mom had Type 1. Doesn't it drive you crazy that there isn't some kind of predictive test??? Makes me insane. Basically I have been told we will only know if one of my kids gets sick (ie is having an insulin reaction). ARghhh.
Glad she is ok.
Thank goodness!! I hope that a few changes in her diet makes things much better!
That must be a relief!!
So glad they don't think it's diabetes. I have to take Kenzie in to be checked soon. She gets bad migraines, we thought stemmed from the need for glasses, but she is still getting them. So now to check for the big D!
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