@alwayscurious That sounds terrifying! Good job, Mama! I had to take my 20m nanny kid to the hospital. It’s no joke! Once his health issues are solved, please take time to process and take care of yourself. Sending you lots of love.
my worst nightmare.. my toddler is in the hospital via ambulance
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@alwayscurious I am so incredibly sorry you had to experience this. It must have been so difficult and I can imagine you are likely reliving it over and over. You did everything right and trusted your gut. You knew something was wrong and got your nugget the help he needed. I know this stuff can be emotional and exhausting. It can also be easy as a parent to be hard on ourselves even when we do everything right. Please know that you did everything right and are a wonderful parent. Your son is so lucky to have you and whatever comes of this issue in terms of underlying conditions, he has you to help guide him through it. Parenthood is hard. Sometimes really hard. You are doing a great job 
@alwayscurious You checked at the right time and got your na h care.
After my baby was super sick it took a while for me to sleep again, but a year later I am okay.
After my baby was super sick it took a while for me to sleep again, but a year later I am okay.
dawn4ever64
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@alwayscurious Never question yourself as overreacting for your kids. Mom instinct saves lives and you did the right thing.
dirtydan6789
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@alwayscurious We’ve just been through a scary diagnosis with our 3.5 year old. ALWAYS. Go. With. Your. Gut. We’ve got mom senses for a reason and you absolutely 100 percent did the right thing and thank goodness you did! It’s not easy watching your littles suffer with something as a mom you can’t fix. But getting him the care he needed as quickly as you did was the absolute best thing for him. You are an AMAZING mom! Props to you for advocating for him and knowing something wasn’t right.
ferdylaura
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@alwayscurious I have no experience or advice, but instead sending you a virtual hug from USA. You are a strong and good mom - sounds like you have a good team of medical personnel taking care of him. Good luck and many prayers.
catholiclady
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@alwayscurious You did the right thing, you did it perfectly, and your little one is alive because you did it. We’re all proud of you!!!
Keep talking to the docs, keep a notebook of all the info / data / opinions / questions and answers. Keep asking questions and politely but clearly follow up on anything that doesn’t make sense or doesn’t get answered. Docs do their best, but they’re human. Get to know all the nurses - they love your baby too, and have a wealth of experience.
Keep talking to the docs, keep a notebook of all the info / data / opinions / questions and answers. Keep asking questions and politely but clearly follow up on anything that doesn’t make sense or doesn’t get answered. Docs do their best, but they’re human. Get to know all the nurses - they love your baby too, and have a wealth of experience.
@alwayscurious You did not over react! You did the thing you needed to do. His blood sugar was that low, as someone who is diabetic, you needed to call an ambulance. They would not keep him if there was no reason to!!! Don't let ANYONE tell you that you over reacted!
billeberle
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@alwayscurious Sending hugs for your family.
Please take care of yourself. Now you are in the middle of the crisis and you will and can handle this.
I just want to warn you, you will probably have a breakdown later. And it might take you a long time to recover. Ask the hospital for some therapy options.
This helped me after my child was in hospital after ICU emergency.
Please take care of yourself. Now you are in the middle of the crisis and you will and can handle this.
I just want to warn you, you will probably have a breakdown later. And it might take you a long time to recover. Ask the hospital for some therapy options.
This helped me after my child was in hospital after ICU emergency.
@alwayscurious I’m so sorry you’re going through this. This is more or less what just happened to us! I recently posted in Mommit about it - mine is 16 months!!!
@alwayscurious Oh my god. Sending you positive energy and lots of hugs. Hang in there. I'm so sorry you're going through this. I hope he recovers soon. 
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tunaofthedirt
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@alwayscurious I could have written this myself! You are not alone! This happened to my 5 year old a few months ago. Floppiness and non responsive along with so sweaty. I ended up driving him to the er because I thought it was an illness. I was shocked that his blood sugar was 27 when we got to the er. He was hypothermic and his bloodwork showed that he was shutting down. Thankfully the iv glucose woke him up. After leaving the icu we still haven't figured out why. The hospital here doesn't have pediatric staff in the ER so the critical labs we need to find out why were never taken. It's definitely such a scary experience! My heart goes out to you two! Thank god it was a school morning (7 am) and wasn't a weekend because he just looked like he was sleeping. Hopefully you get some answers!
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To add.. we now have a monitor and glucose gel along with a list of the critical labs just in case. It was hard to sleep and not watch him for weeks after. We haven't had an episode since. He wasn't sick before the episode or anything out of the normal. But if (hope it never happens again) we are prepared and can check his sugars easily.
kingofaces
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@alwayscurious Oh my gosh you handled that situation so well. I would have been a right basket case 
. All the well wishes to your little one, and many hugs to you as well 
. That is so scary.
. All the well wishes to your little one, and many hugs to you as well . That is so scary.@alwayscurious Oh my. I must be so hard for you. Reading through made me nervous, sending you hugs
alwayscurious
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@alwayscurious You did good. Things will be alright