It was nearly a year ago when my life took a turn. Everything changed from this incident. Even though it didn’t affect me directly, it affected someone very close to me. My brother Easton was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I didn’t know what it meant at first, but it definitely changed my life from that point on.
It all started one Monday afternoon in March. It was just after the state basketball tournament and things were starting to settle down for my family after a busy couple of weeks. My mom and I were hanging out after school in her classroom discussing the plans for the week. She had mentioned that she wouldn’t be at school that Wednesday because she would be taking my brother Easton to a doctor 's appointment. I didn 't think much of it at the time. However, my mom wasn’t too sure about it. At the time my dad was working nights, so Easton would take advantage of the empty space in bed and slept with my mom because he was a momma’s boy. For the last few nights she noticed how frequently he would wake up in the night to use the bathroom or to get a glass of …show more content…
I learned about Type 1 Diabetes, which is where your pancreas stops working and producing insulin. When your body doesn’t produce insulin, your body can’t break down sugars and it ends up messing up your blood and body. There were so many things to learn and account for in just a little amount of time. I learned that when my brother came to the hospital his glucose levels were at 306 Mg/DL which is crazy because the normal person wants to be 70-120 Mg/DL. However, once he started taking insulin his levels were all over. One day he was at 416 Mg/DL before and dropped to only 30 Mg/DL in the night. Having too many highs affects your long term health greatly, while lows are dangerous immediately. Some people end up dying in their sleep if they get too low, which scared me. I learned a lot about using insulin correctly in order to keep him
It all started one Monday afternoon in March. It was just after the state basketball tournament and things were starting to settle down for my family after a busy couple of weeks. My mom and I were hanging out after school in her classroom discussing the plans for the week. She had mentioned that she wouldn’t be at school that Wednesday because she would be taking my brother Easton to a doctor 's appointment. I didn 't think much of it at the time. However, my mom wasn’t too sure about it. At the time my dad was working nights, so Easton would take advantage of the empty space in bed and slept with my mom because he was a momma’s boy. For the last few nights she noticed how frequently he would wake up in the night to use the bathroom or to get a glass of …show more content…
I learned about Type 1 Diabetes, which is where your pancreas stops working and producing insulin. When your body doesn’t produce insulin, your body can’t break down sugars and it ends up messing up your blood and body. There were so many things to learn and account for in just a little amount of time. I learned that when my brother came to the hospital his glucose levels were at 306 Mg/DL which is crazy because the normal person wants to be 70-120 Mg/DL. However, once he started taking insulin his levels were all over. One day he was at 416 Mg/DL before and dropped to only 30 Mg/DL in the night. Having too many highs affects your long term health greatly, while lows are dangerous immediately. Some people end up dying in their sleep if they get too low, which scared me. I learned a lot about using insulin correctly in order to keep him