Well, I must say that for the past 24 hours, my life has been extremely caotic. At 10 am on 7/8, my daughter complained that her left side hurt and she had a high fever of 103.4. I made an appointment with the Doctor and showed up at 1:30 (to fill out 15 minutes worth of paper work. yuk!) After waiting for nearly 45 minutes, I noticed Ashley’s fever rising higher. She started to get the shakes and was considerabley uncomfortable. Once behind the doctor’s doors, her temperature was taken to revel 104.9! Immediately we were rushed next door to the ER where we continued to wait for 45 minutes. Once we were given a room, Ashley was given a cathader (which showed she was dry), and an IV, neither of which she liked. After about an hour, she was able to give an urine specimine which showed extremely high levels of glucose spillage and her blood work showed glucose levels at 200, which should only be at 100 max. After more hours of waiting, the Doctor finally came in and said that due the severe infection of the bladder and an extremely high level of glucose, she would be admitted for at least 48 hrs.
Once we were situated in her room, the nurse checked her glucose again and it was 253! A call to the doctor was made. When her next round of tests were done at 5:30 a.m., glucose tested at 112 which was much better, however after breakfast and a fever of 102.5 it raised to 197. Her fever continued to rise while the doctor removed her from the fluids. After her temperature reached 104.3, the doctor decided to add tylenol to her motrin dose and put her back onto the fluids. Her next glucose tested at 167 and the doctor then decided to order a hemaglobin to check her glucose from the past three months. This test will show her glucose and if it has been stable or unstable. If unstable for the entire time, she will then be diagnosed with type one diabeties, if stable upto the infection, then it will be caused because of the infection.
Now it is 9 p.m. and Ashley is getting ready for bed, waiting for one more temperature check, and will see what happens tomorrow after the test. I am so nervous, but I know that God will give us the strength to get through anything, but I think of her and what she will have to deal with. I guess the only main concern is that her identical twin could have diabeties as well.
As soon as I know anything else, I wil post. Thanks for reading and keep little Ashley in your prayers.
