This boy

This boy: born with a extra measure of charm, chein, passion, love and joy of life. This delicious sweet affectionate package comes along with stress mom out again and again. He wasn't feeling well, he caught his brother's cough and cold, and has been under the weather for a few weeks. Overnight it took a turn for the worse, he became obsessed with drinking cold bubbly seltzer. He wouldn't go anywhere without a can, when it wasn't cold or bubbly enough he would take a new one. He panicked  if he didn't have a cold drink in his hand. He also panicked if I stepped away. After a few days of this I accepted that something wasn't right and took to google on a late dark Saturday night. Always needs a drink led to excessive thirst which lead to it must be diabetes type 1. He's probably thirsty, he's definitely lethargic. I will admit I didn't close my eyes for the rest of the night,  I imagined a life with finger pricks and insulin shots and worried about every step along the way. Morning came and I dragged my feet through the day and spent another night doing much the same. By morning I was a mess, fellow teachers assured me it wasn't diabetes as he wasn't running to the bathroom, it's probably OCD triggered by strep ! Better ? A little , but still, the stress and worrying. (Yes in retrospect was ridiculous) . Bh bh a million times a day, his sugar was fine, he's not OCD he was just sick and miserable and doing sick much the same way he does everything else. With an extra dose of drama!