Diabetic Alert Dog for JAX
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This page is dedicated to our family dream to get JAX a D.A.D. (Diabetic Alert Dog). These life-saving friends can detect highs and lows before the glucometer and are 98% accurate. We DREAM OF A DAD AND A CURE. Here's how Jaxon's Diabetes started~
Saturday, August 18th will be forever remembered as the day our lives changed and Jaxon's forever transformed. We were out doing last minute school shopping as school was to start on Wednesday. We had gone to a few stores and we drank all the water we brought with us, so while at Costco, Jaxon asked to get a coke, I said 59 cents, sure, handed him a dollar bill and about 2 mins later, fear set in for Mario. After about 2 sips, less than 4 oz of a "suicide" Jaxon became very ill, stomach cramps, almost vomiting and pale and clammy. Mario looked at me and say "you are taking him to the ER"...remember, we JUST moved to South Carolina, I don't even know WHERE the ER IS....so it is only about 4 mins from our home, so we dropped off Mario and the 2 younger boys and off we go...the whole time, I'm not even thinking we were about to hear what we did...after the triage test, which tested levels up to 300, we were quickly moved to a room and blood drawn for another test...his levels were too high for the finger stick, so on to an IV being put in and 3 vials of blood drawn, another test which measured up to 600...he was STILL TOO HIGH...on to the special test to get his blood sugar levels of 1051...yes ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY ONE...for a boys Jaxon's age and size that is 10 TIMES what it should be...so then we are being transported via ambulance to the Children's Hospital at Greenville Memorial. We talked to countless nurses, specialist, EMTs and Doctors that ALL said how BLESSED we are that Jaxon ISN'T IN A COMA...a COMA...or dead...WHAT....woa, life can change SO FAST...we spend 3 days in the hospital and were released to the Endocrinologist...and THE JOURNEY BEGAN...
Saturday, August 18th will be forever remembered as the day our lives changed and Jaxon's forever transformed. We were out doing last minute school shopping as school was to start on Wednesday. We had gone to a few stores and we drank all the water we brought with us, so while at Costco, Jaxon asked to get a coke, I said 59 cents, sure, handed him a dollar bill and about 2 mins later, fear set in for Mario. After about 2 sips, less than 4 oz of a "suicide" Jaxon became very ill, stomach cramps, almost vomiting and pale and clammy. Mario looked at me and say "you are taking him to the ER"...remember, we JUST moved to South Carolina, I don't even know WHERE the ER IS....so it is only about 4 mins from our home, so we dropped off Mario and the 2 younger boys and off we go...the whole time, I'm not even thinking we were about to hear what we did...after the triage test, which tested levels up to 300, we were quickly moved to a room and blood drawn for another test...his levels were too high for the finger stick, so on to an IV being put in and 3 vials of blood drawn, another test which measured up to 600...he was STILL TOO HIGH...on to the special test to get his blood sugar levels of 1051...yes ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY ONE...for a boys Jaxon's age and size that is 10 TIMES what it should be...so then we are being transported via ambulance to the Children's Hospital at Greenville Memorial. We talked to countless nurses, specialist, EMTs and Doctors that ALL said how BLESSED we are that Jaxon ISN'T IN A COMA...a COMA...or dead...WHAT....woa, life can change SO FAST...we spend 3 days in the hospital and were released to the Endocrinologist...and THE JOURNEY BEGAN...
Organizer
Kristy Youngblood
Organizer
Greer, SC
