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Monday, April 18, 2022

How incredibly dangerous the stomach flu can be with t1d.

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I have sat and thought about this blog post over and over while writing it in my head without putting it into actual text many times. I don't want to come across as ungrateful for my knowledge of type 1 diabetes (aka t1d) or ungrateful that my child has a disease she can, God willing, live a long lifetime with.  I do, however, feel it is necessary to share just how dangerous a stomach/gastrointestinal virus can be with t1d.  

My little warrior had a crazy day, which I blogged about on April 8th.  Well unbeknownst to me she was coming down the the stomach virus/flu as we all tend to call it.  She woke up at 430am on Saturday, actually made it downstairs and puked.  Then puked a few more times.  Then her blood sugar started falling.  After lots of crying and begging her to eat some smarties, just like glucose tablets, she ate a few and her blood sugar came up a bit.  Incredibly scary moments.