High Blood Sugar

Yesterday afternoon Tucker's pediatrician called me. When I saw the number on the caller ID I assumed it was the peds psyhchology department calling to confirm our appointment for today. I was surprised to hear the voice of the ped's nurse. And yes, we are on a first-name basis (sad, I know!), but she still rarely calls me. She explained that Tucker's labs in Houston showed that he has high blood sugar (224, normal is under 120 I think, and 200 and above indicates Diabetes). She said we needed to come in and take care of it. I explained that Tucker has school and therapy on Wednesday, and we're pretty much booked up this week, so could he come in next week? She said no, that we have to come in as soon as possible! So I asked her what a high blood sugar reading could mean exactly? She was taken aback by that question, I think, and she said it could mean he has diabetes. I know a lot about medical conditions, but not really diabetes, and I wasn't sure if high blood sugar or low blood sugar indicated diabetes! I looked at a few diabetes websites and realized that this could definitely be associated with his mito. I don't think it's something he has had for too long, though, because I am fairly sure that he has this tested every few months and this is the first high reading. It could be the start of a new problem, or the reading could have just been a fluke. So today Mom and I took Tucker to the ped's office. They took 4 vials of blood and another urine sample. Wow was that unpleasant!! Last Tuesday Tucker sat so quietly to give blood, then on Friday when we went back he totally flipped. Today was at a different lab, but he lost it when he saw the chair and the needles. I had to lay on top of him and hold down his lower body and head, and three lab people held his arm so they could get the 4 vials off of one spot and not have to re-stick him. He tried to claw my face off, but luckily I had cut his nails last night! One of the lab techs remarked, "wow, you're a great mom to hold him down for us, we need more moms like you,"....well I didn't really take that as a compliment! I'm sure Tucker wished I was not holding him down! He also kicked the nurse when she laid him down to get his urine sample. Very unpleasant for all of us! The urine came back with glucose in it, which is not a good sign; the bloodwork is not back yet, but I should hear something by tomorrow morning. If the tests are still high then we will go to see the Endicronologist, likely tomorrow. In my last blog post I mentioned that we keep adding specialists instead of losing them....well we may be adding Endo to the list....not exactly what I had in mind! I don't know much about diabetes, but I know that options to control it include injections, diet, and checking blood sugars. Because Tucker is tube-fed, the Endo could make the decision to put Tucker on continuous feeds to regulate his blood sugar. I would rather not go with this option for the sake of mobility and feeding issues, but I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there. In other news, my sister Jessica is going into the hospital tomorrow for a kidney surgery. It may be considered just a "procedure", I don't know all of the details. She has large kidney stones, too large to pass, so they are going in to remove them tomorrow. I will be praying for her, please everyone else pray for her, too! I called her tonight, she was in bed watching the Cooking Channel (her favorite!) and we all told her good luck. Tucker even told her "hi" on the phone, which made her so happy:) Tucker has 6 days left until he gets on the school bus and goes off to preschool. We are very excited, and also nervous. I am meeting with the school nurse Tuesday afternoon to discuss everything, hopefully we are not discussing diabetes.