08/11/2026
When your four year old has a rash from strep that won’t quit, showing swelling and bruising on his knees, feet and hands so you take him to the hospital…
And his blood pressure is curiously high so three nurses do a triple confirm to what the monitor is reading…
Which triggers a blood sugar check.
That results in a reading so high, the meter just says “>600”
Which then results in a midnight transfer to a more equipped hospital for an A1C test to confirm suspicion of new onset Type 1 Diabetes.
So the rash becomes almost a non priority.
And the A1C test returns a 12.1.
Which definitively means that little man has diabetes.
So you cry as you put sugar in your coffee after 3 hours of sleep with the day ahead full of “diabetes education”, more labs, more nurses, hospitalists, endocrinologists, finger pricks, insulin injections, and more crying.
Crying feeling a kind of loss. Crying when trying to explain to little man that YOU TOO don’t want to do this anymore and want to go home. Crying when he thinks this shot is the last shot. Heartbreaking when he says he wants to just not do this for a day.
Trying to keep friends and family updated but the schedule is so tightly packed that there’s almost no time or energy even to keep your closest loved ones in the loop.
Coping by carving the comedic route of “dude got a nasty case of Diabetis” when telling people.
Feeling the Love from get-s**t-done friends who, well, get s**t done behind the scenes so you and your spouse can get educated on what life will look like from now on while trying to love on the little guy in his confusion, in his fear, in his defiance.
When it has all hit the fan and your hospital stay gets long, we build LEGO sets.
Hi. I’m David. My son was just diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. We’re going to be alright. We’re going to do great. We’re going to make mistakes and learn. But, our family is tired. Scared. Kinda pi**ed tbh.
Our community will grow through this. Little man isn’t gonna let a little T1D stop him from anything he ever wants to do.
It’s clear the water is warm and welcoming on this side, even though it hurts.
But Love, LEGO and All Things Good help. ❤️�
