The day it all changed

I have been waiting until I had a good 15 minutes of typing time before I got into it about my sweet daughter. The younger kids are napping and the older kids are watching a movie. I'm hoping they will go to sleep as well. We have been outside all day and everyone needs a nap. Anyway I am wasting my time...go figure.

Right after Janessa turned 4, she became very sick. Within six weeks she had been through 3 rounds of antibiotics, 2 penicilin shots and douced with many other drugs. The doctors said she had just a cold, then the flu, then an intestinal virus. She had strep throat for 3 weeks straight. She was drinking all the time (strep..they said), wetting the bed all of a sudden (because she was drinking all the time because her throat hurt...they said) and had major mood/behavior swings. I was 8 months pregnant with Carson and we were going on a min-vacation. I took her to the doctor and they gave her the second shot of pencilin. She was so sick.... She was OK the first two days of the trip, but then was barely able to hold her head up. We came home from the trip and Vernon took her to the doctor the next day. I had to go to work, because I had missed so much.

Vernon was waiting at the door when the staff arrived for the day. He insisted that they take Janessa right back and figure out what was wrong. He was explaining it all to a nurse (rather loudly I'm sure) when another nurse was walking by. That nurse suggested a blood check. Janessa's blood sugar was over 500 (normal is 80-150) and we had our answer. Janessa was diagnosed with type 1 Juvenile diabetes and our whole world turned upside down.

Janessa was rushed to the hospital. By the time she go there, her blood sugar was close to 800. They said if we had waited much longer then she probably wouldn't have made it. She was so sick, but with one shot of insulin you could tell she felt better. We both cried the first time I gave her a shot and I had to ask the nurse to leave. I just held her and rocked her and we both balled our eyes out. Boy, have we come a long way.

Well, I have to go dry up my tears...more later.

Smiles and blessings,
Tina