Test results...?

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This morning I got a call from the nurse (Rosie) in our pediatrician's office. She told me that Ariana's test results are back and everything looked "Normal", but that it seemed that Ariana was dehydrated.  Rosie then wend on to tell me that they sent on the results to our Endocrinologist and that they would take care of things from there.

But if everything is ok, why are they sending her to the Endo?

Then I sent a text to our Diabetic Educator (Nannette) to verify the info had been sent. She had received it and told me to make an appointment for "Hyperglycemia".

WHAT?

Nannette told me that they would do more blood work and dive deeper into this. Tomorrow I'll be taking Ariana to the Endo, which is totally weird to me.  Dr. Riley has been Alana's zone.  Now my girls will share this.  Maybe.  I guess nothing is written in stone yet.

So now what?

I get to sit for over 24 hours wondering what is going on? 

 Lets Break this down.  What is Hyperglycemia?


(According to Wikipedia): Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma.... A subject with a consistent range between 100 and 126 (American Diabetes Association guidelines) is considered hyperglycemic, while above 126 mg/dl is generally held to have diabetes...

To this point.  Ariana has ranged between 90-160 over night fasting.

The Term "Pre-Diabetes" has been thrown around...    We'll see.
On another note...  Ariana and Amelia are really accepting this.  Both don't mind checking their sugars everyday and have even asked to take their "Pack" (diabetes bag) with them when ever we leave the house. They don't fight me to prick their fingers and have accepted this as if it's a normal part of life.  

 I really hope it's not.

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Petra said…
Sorry you have to wait so long. We are praying for you and your family.
March 7, 2013 at 7:39 PM
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