David's Diagnosis

I had mentioned a few posts ago that my dear friend David was not feeling 100%. He had a needle biopsy and is still awaiting results.

Something has made me very very angry. I guess in a nutshell it's doctors in general. David and Sharon his wife, paid dear friends a visit on Sunday. One is a nurse and he took some of the bloodwork results along for her to interpret. She read them and explained some of the readings to David and for the fun of things she took a glucose reading. His blood sugar levels were over 500!! This is close to diabetic coma readings. She had her husband take him to the emergency room immediately.

He was triaged around at 3:00PM and was released around 10:30PM. He was administered 3 bags of saline solution and had blood drawn for 3 different blood workups during that time, as well as an EKG to monitor heart function. When he was released his blood sugar was down to around 200+ which still was high, but better than earlier in the day. The hospital made an emergency appointment with his GP for 9:00AM the next day and once again his doctor looked at him, his results and couldn't come up with a diagnosis.

The hospital had also made an appointment with an endocrinologist for Wednesday. Well hallelulah!! They took a urine test and a blood test and he announced that David is diabetic. I really don't think a took a rocket scientist to see that. This doctor has put him on 4 insulin shots per day and of course a diet plan to follow. He is to return in one week to see how his body has stabilized. Then they will determine the insulin regimin he will follow.

It just amazed that all of those other doctors missed the obvious. Me - not a medical person - was able to Google 'symptoms of diabetes' and found a list of 7 things. David had 4 things on that list and in talking to him, he revealed 2 more. As the medical community was being cavalier about a diagnosis, my friend was getting sicker and sicker.

The new doctor said he feels that there will be no findings once they receive the results of the needle biopsy on his liver. David likes this doctor and is impressed that he spent over 30 minutes with him talking to him and getting to know him. I liked that too.

Through it all my prayers and those of my friends supported David and he thanks all.

So do I.

God bless you all.