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  • Diabetes It’s More Deadly Than I Ever Knew

    I wanted to bring awareness to something I didn’t know ANYTHING about and it’s more deadly than I ever knew.

    Type 1 diabetes!

    My son (23 month olds) 2 months ago was diagnosed with T1D and I didn’t know the signs at all. I want to help prevent DKA (Diabetic ketoacidosis, can be fatal if not treated, coma, swelling in the brain) or low blood sugar (untreated, severe low blood sugar can be very dangerous. It can result in seizures, loss of consciousness, or death) if I can.

    The ONLY SIGN my son showed was peeing a lot. He would wet through his clothes and his bed within a 2 hour period. When we brought him in his blood sugar was 462 (normal should be 100-180 depending on age of child) and was borderline DKA. We had to stay 2 nights and 3 days in the hospital to learn about our new normal. We had to also take a test at the end of our days to see if we could take him home with us. T1D is not a joke.

    And no he didnt get it from eating to much sugar or junk food. T1D is an autoimmune disease that he will never outgrow.

    If you are experiencing any of these with you child PLEASE get them checked.

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/cassie.terry.14

     

  • Ode To My Bladder

    Ode to my bladder

    Enjoy!

    Ode to my bladder

    My bladder and I were always friends, and she would never leak,

    But since we’ve have this baby, she’s just become so very weak.

    I’m sorry that your space was invaded, and you were squashed up god knows where,

    I think you think I didn’t notice, or that I didn’t care.

    I know that you’ve been in overdrive, working very hard,

    So you’re probably a little fragile and feeling rather scarred.

    But now that things have settled, I’d really like to say,

    Take a chill pill bladder, so that you don’t ruin my day.

    Remember when I used to laugh, and things would be just fine,

    Now when someone makes me laugh, I’m weeing all the time.

    And as for when I have a cough, you choose not to play along,

    I have to cross my legs, so everyone knows what’s wrong.

    Jumping on a bouncy castle, I used to have such fun,

    But now I know a bouncy castle, is not for a newborns mum.

    You know that I’m a violent sneezer, it happens rather a lot,

    But if you could just please stop me weeing, then I won’t loose the plot.

    So I’m sorry that in my pregnancy, our friendship went a miss,

    But please let me enjoy myself, without having to take a piss.

    Reply from my bladder…

    Look at you kicking off, I can’t help it if I leak, I’m not the one who got pregnant, it’s not my fault I’m weak

    Without a care for me, you decided to have a baby,

    I told you it was stupid and I thought that you were crazy

    You made me work so hard, like 5 times through the night,

    I knew I was exhausted, and boy how I was right

    Things would not have been so bad if only you’d have listened,

    If you’d have done your exercises, tenna ladies would not be christened

    You were told to look after your pelvic floor, then all would be just fine,

    But you did not do it properly, and now the fault is mine.

    And then you had a csection, so a catheter was needed,

    And I didn’t want it, I begged you and I pleaded

    So quite frankly it’s all your fault and I have been through hell,

    And I don’t want to wee all the time, in case you couldn’t tell

    So help me to get stronger, that would just be bliss,

    And then you won’t get so embarrassed every time I piss

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/tellingthetruthtomums/

  • My Son Had To Learn To Wee Again After Hospital Blunder

    I took my son to the ER at Pouder Valley Hospital because he had a tummy ache around 3am so once I get there doctors asked basic questions then decide to get some blood & urine test, the doctor tells me ” I figure because he’s 2 yrs old he won’t pee in a Cup I will just order in a catheter” so as a parent I trust he knows what’s right for my son … I allowed a couple of nurses to come in and do the catheter, they tell me before “it’s a super fast procedure” so as I hold my son down and another nurse.. they proceeded to insert the catheter I noticed they began to struggle and then they decide to switch nurses and 2 other nurse enter .. (now my son Is Completely awake & in pain) so then I noticed the first nurse was being trained to insert her first catheter in a child 😡 & nobody informed me of this so then the 2nd nurse also couldn’t put it in so they decide to keep try & force it in this is where I should have stopped everything but they kept telling me “Almost got it ” .

    My son is fighting them then the 4th nurse comes in and finally forces it in and gets the urine and send me home with no information of how this could affect him as soon as I get home my son just starts crying in pain screaming not peeing running jumping I call the hospital I tell them the symptoms they Tell me this is normal … So after a few hours I decided he is not okay and this is NOT normal I take him to the same ER they see he’s in Excruciating Pain & do an ultrasound and see he has a lot of urine and say it’s now an emergency to take the urine out so AGAIN attempt to insert a catheter 3 other Fail attempts I’m crying and holding my son while he’s begging them to stop I ask them to give him something he should not be going thru this awake he’s in so much pain so then a nurse tries to do an IV and also fails at it!

    My Son Had To Learn To Wee Again After Hospital Blunder
    My Son Had To Learn To Wee Again After Hospital Blunder

    Then they decide to inject morphine in his thigh as she pulls out the needle she cuts his leg with it! I’m beyond pissed then say we need a professional to perform this he needs to empty his bladder and they can’t do it .

    As I arrive to the Children’s hospital they call a urologist he comes in and says because of the traumatic entry of the catheter they blocked his valves to prevent him to urinate on his own the urologist put my son down and with no problems got a catheter in so for 3 days my son could only pee with a catheter connected to a bag .. now my son is home but it took a while for him to get the hang of peeing on his own the first 2 days he could only pee in a tub with warm water.

    The hospital that did this just sent me an apology letter . For you New parents Don’t be afraid to say No and to try less traumatic procedures, try first all simple less painful options ask questions I learned the hard way as a first time parent I’m not sharing this for likes or attention but to simply save another child from this common mistake we make as parents .

     

     

  • Boys- The Gross Truth, What You Need To Know

    Now as a mother of two boys, one who is 8 and the other just starting puberty at the age of 11, I wish someone had giving me a heads up a mini pre-warning of the gross and weird things boys do.

    Now I love my boys to death and wouldn’t change (much) about them.

    Ok so these are the things that no one ever tells you about little boys.

    • Farts.. there hilarious to boys and if you have more than one boy they will have farting competition and often will thoroughly enjoy farting on each other.

    • Baby boys get erections…I was shocked when I first saw it and assumed they didn’t erm appear until puberty.

    • Boys like to pull their willy and will openly do this whilst mid-conversation or when in public

    • Boys are proud of their poos and will often call on you to view it.

    • Bogeys are often wiped on siblings, furniture or even eaten.

    • Boys talk…by the time your child is in double figures they will be asking multiple questions about hair on bits, and how does milk get in boobs, they will have no shame in discussing all the things they have learnt off of their friends at school.

    • The words poo and bum are the funniest words ever.

    • Their aim is off! Wee goes on the seat, on the floor, sometimes even on the walls.

    • My boys walk better in heels than me

    • Boys are rarely clean, mud and trees are their greatest play thing

    • Boys are gross they will set each other dares, like sticking 30 marshmallows in their mouth and then end up spitting it out

    • Boys are just as sensitive as girls and that’s absolutely fine.

    • Boys love their mum and will always need you

    Can you think of any more gross truths? If so please add yours in the comments section.