Some news

Last Wednesday Tomas seemed a little out of sorts and needed to use the bathroom more than usual but we didn't think much of it. On Thursday he was peeing a lot and I phoned our family doctor and said we needed to come that day. (At this point I had some suspicions.) I picked Tomas up from school, the doctor sent us for labs and phoned us at 8:00 Thursday night advising us that the pediatric doctor was expecting us at the hospital.

Tomas has been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. As you can see from the pictures below he is doing fine. He was diagnosed very early and with proper treatment he will continue to be in good health. We expect to be at the hospital until Wednesday (?) although we we're given an afternoon pass Saturday and Sunday (today) which has been great! Tomas has been busy playing hockey with his friends and right now he's beating his Grandma at air hockey.

The main reason we're staying at the hospital is so that the doctors can determine the appropriate insulin dosage and so Todd and I can have training (but that doesn't take place until Monday/Tuesday).

A special thanks to S.R. and family. Thanks for listening.
And another special thanks to K.M and her son, E.M., whom I will try not to bore with my many diabetes questions.
I must also thank our neighbour, D.C. & family who had Toria over for her first ever sleepover on Thursday night and my mom who has flown out to help us.

Tomas in the hospital play room.


Tomas: a bunch of gifts, the hockey game on TV, all smiles.