I want to thank our God for his protection and love. We have been lifted up in a time that was scary to us. Maxwell's our precious little ten year old was taken by ambulance from a walk-in to Children's hospital in Norfolk on Sunday after church. He has been having symptoms of diabetes for a bit of time but we just kept denying it. We have been telling him to just drink more water, which was a saving grace. When we got to the walk-in his sugar was at a critical high of 1010. Maxwell said I hate walk=ins they take too long. Well they did not. He was on an IV drip within half an hour. He was severely dehydrated because his body was trying to get rid of the sugar that was not being processed because his pancreas has shut down. All his nutrients was being rejected by his body because you need insulin to process it. That explains why he was eating all the time, he was starving. Last week we had to buy him pants because his were falling off. I know you maybe thinking, "come on Heather, all these signs and you waited". Don't worry I've asked myself those questions and I realized God let me know the perfect time. It all worked out perfectly. We had doctors who loved on my poor weak boy. Maxwell had 9 units of insulin which started bringing his levels down. The good news is he had no damage to his organs. We spent Monday learning about diabetes, 6 hours of classes and a dietician, then we came home with a little boy with diabetes. We are learning more and more on a daily basis about the grace of God. Maxwell is well on his way to growing up strong and growing stronger in his love for our gracious saviour. Sunday night he cried in my arms and said :"I'm scare to die" and God gave me the right words of comfort for him. He cried himself to sleep as I huggged him. Yesterday evening he was educated and confident and knew God had given him so much. Today we started our day by checking blood sugar.
Praise God for saving my son.
Heather
Hello all,
I am sending this note to a large # of you in order to have the greatest number of people praying. My son Maxwell has been diagnosed with type 1 (aka juvenile diabetes. We had noticed some changes in him recently, fatigue, frequent urinating etc. We were hesitant to bring him to the doctor because he was tested last year for diabetes and it came back negative. However, on Sunday we were both sure he needed to go to the doctor immediately even though his symptoms had not changed dramatically. We praise God that we did. His sugar count was over 1,000 which is "critically high". If we had waited until Monday morning as we planned the doctor said Maxell would have been in "serious trouble". Please praise God with us that no damage was done to his heart or lungs with such high blood glucose. Please also pray for us as I have not yet received a call and we desperately need insurance. The hospital here in VA is working very hard to get our costs covered and we are grateful. If any of you know of any jobs throughout the country that would provide medical insurance I would be grateful to hear about them. I have applied to several companies and have some prospects but the more possibilities the better! Please forgive me if this is a rambling e-mail. We have just arrived home from the hospital and I have slept little in the last 48 hours. Please forward this to anyone you know who will pray for Maxwell as he adjusts to life with type 1 diabetes.
In Christ,
Steve Dornan
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What a terrifying experience for all of you. Many many people are praying for all of you, as of course you know. And have been for some time!
Hugs, dear sister.
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Dear Heather, Thank you so much for letting us know so that we can keep you in our prayers. I will be sending this on to my Pastors wife if Cathy hasn't done it already. That way our church can be praying for all of you during this difficult time of transition. A question. Is it Maxwell who had or has problems with gluten and such? Just wondering if we need to pray for you to be able to find good foods for him. Keep us up to date with whats going on up there. Also continueing to pray for a job for Steve.
Oh thank you so much. We are blessed. He needs to gain 7 lbs to be in clinical trial in Chattanooga or Boston.
Oh Heather! The first thing I want to say is."Thank Our God" I know diabetes sneaks up on you. And back in the 60's it was harder for the Drs. to recognize it as such. My husband died from all the complications it brought with it. So I'm praying for our sweet little Maxwell . As well as praising God for his devine mercy,
.My husband had it form 1960 until 1978 when he had a massive heart attack and two strokes.Carried a gallon thermos of water w/him at all times in the car. Was always so generous w/the kids with anything he had. But he would get disturbed if they drank his water. He always said "bring your own. This always brought a secret smile , as I just thought it was funny. He craved sugar and was always a "goodie" lover. One candy bar was not enough, two would do if he couldn't get more. But thank God the techknowledgy (Sp?) is so much more advanced. And is more easily detected. Believe me it can be a killer if left undiagnosed, as I'm sure you do already know. But just the mention of the word upsets me.
Been watching your blog site. And haven't heard in for so long. I do wonder how you are all doing. Remember until we all get to heaven where we are safe and sound , we will wonder over the over the ones we love. l/u.
Just saw this post and am sorry you've had such a trial but trusting God will grow you all through it. I'm so glad God protected him through the worst of it. Â
Steve ! I have already wrote one reply., but I know you also need to be uplifted. You do need to get a little rest. I am praying as I know a host of us are, for our little Maxwell. Your family have always been special to me since we first met. It's the Christian relationship, I guess. So with our trust in God . we can relax in spirit. Even through the human part of us is always trying to fix, or at least that's the way I feel" There's got to be more that I can do." Right? Praying for you to be placed. But Steve this will only happen when the right one that God wiants to place you in. I don't know why I'm saying all of this only .that it's in my heart. I thank God that you know hm. He's our most blessed comfort//u all.
Thank you all.