Sams Search 4 a Cure

How Sam's Search started and whyImagine your 4-year-old boy suddenly losing weight, looking pale, becoming continually thirsty with an increased need to urinate. These are some of the signs and symptoms of the onset of Juvenile diabetes. This is the start of DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis). Left untreated, DKA will lead to severe dehydration, swelling of the brain, coma and even death.As concerned parents, we scheduled an appointment with the pediatrician immediately, Sams pediatrician did a simple blood sugar test and revealed an off the chart blood glucose level in addition to ketones in his blood stream. We were instructed to take our Sam to Childrens Medical Center in Dallas for further testing. The next few days were like a wrecking ball. Immediately following his diagnosis, Sam was admitted to Childrens so that the doctors could get his blood glucose under control. This was the first step in surviving DKA. The steps that followed hit us like a wrecking ball. You ever try to give a sh