Tonight at dinner the following conversation took place between me and my 6 yr old little diabetic.
Me: "Birdie, will you check your blood sugar please."
Birdie (acting perfectly normal) "Oh no Mommy, I'm 20, I'm 20"
A normal blood sugar is 100. Lower than 40 means seizures and a coma.
Me "Show me?". Meanwhile my heart dropped and I was wondering how she was still talking and walking if her blood sugar was really that low.
Birdie ran over with the monitor and showed me the number. It read 200, not 20, big difference. We both felt better after we made that clarification.
I think we're going to spend our holiday breaking working on our math and numbers skills.
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