Our latest little scare
Boy it just never ends.
As of Thursday morning, Maria had been sleeping almost continuously since we got back from Albuquerque. She was easily rousable, cheerful, and ate well when she was awake so we weren’t sure how worried to be. Then Cathy weighed her and she was down another pound since May (27 lbs 5 oz with just a diaper). Cathy called the pediatrician.
To our surprise, they got us in the same day. The doctor wasn’t too concerned but figured she’d do some blood work just in case. Mostly she was looking for infection.
Good news: no infection.
Less good news: elevated glucose level, low bicarbonate level, and the weight loss might point to early stages of diabetes.
We had to try and get a urine sample from Maria because the doctor wanted to check for sugar in her urine. Sue had the idea of taping a little baggie to her but Maria wouldn’t produce on demand. We finally had to take her down today to get catheterized.
There was a little bit of sugar in her urine but little enough that the doctor said, “Maria doesn’t have diabetes. Right now.” Just like that - a little hesitation then she added, “right now”. She wants a couple more urine samples over the weekend and she gave us these sophisticated collection devices which are basically little baggies we tape to her.
Maria has cousins with diabetes and her daddy had elevated blood glucose for a while so I suspect this is something the doctor will want to keep an eye on. Because it’s not like we have enough to worry about.