It's my 5th Mothers Day today. (it happens on a different date on this side of the Atlantic). D and G woke me with breakfast in bed and some lovely presents & cards. D had made this wonderful card at school on which he'd written 'Happy Mothers Day Mom, I love you, Love from Dylan' and inside had a list of my favourite things (according to him!). Very cute indeed. He'd also decorated a little plant pot and given it to me complete with some flower seeds, and made a bookmark too. So sweet :) G bought me this absolutely beautiful Murano Glass flute player figurine which I'd seen in a gallery recently!
Speaking of G, I've been teasing him for the last 2 or 3 weeks that he has diabetes. He's lost a little weight, and he's complained of a raging thirst on a couple of occasions, last night being the 2nd of these. After 4 pints of water in succession I jokingly said that we should test his blood sugar. Not good- the result was off the scale and just said HI. To be certain I did it another 7 times (his poor fingers!) and each time got the same result. I even tested it on me, and with the control solution, to make sure it was working properly and it was. I put him on the treadmill for 10 mins as exercise is supposed to bring down your sugar level, but it made no difference. This morning when we woke up I tested him again to see what his fasting level was. 17. NOT GOOD. I've made an appointment for him with the Dr tomorrow. Looks like he might have suddenly got Type 1 Diabetes :(
Of course the biggest problem that G is going to have, if he does turn out to have Type I diabetes, is that you already know way too much about it... so he won't be able to get away with anything!
Mind you... the slightly better news is, it probably won't need too much of a lifestyle change, from what I hear you folks are being pretty healthy nowadays (shock, horror gasp) ;)
As you know, thinking of you both!
Posted by: Aka at May 10, 2004 04:48 AM