Jacob Be Strong!

Sunday, December 7th--I got an update from my sister, Alishia, about my nephew, Jacob. Primary Childrens is keeping him for 1-2 more days (he was suppose to be released today). While he was doing fantastic last night, as we visited with him, he began to do worse in the middle of the night. The on-call endocrinologist talked with Alishia and explained what the problem might be. Jacobs liver is storing sugar and not releasing it with the response of insulin, like it should. His body seems to be resisting insulin. Little by little, the liver is releasing the sugar on its own, causing crazy glucose highs. The endocrinologist says this is common for people with Type 2 Diabetes (Jacob has Type 1). So does this mean he has both? Is that even possible? What the crap?! Tonight he is being started on some medication Type 2 Diabetics take, in hopes it'll do the trick. Tomorrow he starts a long day of being re-educated on dealing with diabetes. As much as he'll hate it, he needs it. He's been a slacker in taking care of himself (he's a teenager, nuff said).
Hang in there, Jacob! Fight the good fight and have faith! We love you and pray for everything to be okay!