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MY FATHER IS A DIABATIC

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MY FATHER WAS DIAGNOSE TWO YEARS AGO WITH DIABETES.HE WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR AND TAKING HIS MEDICINE.BUT THEN HE JUST STOP WITH EVERYTHING.SO HE GOT SICK AGAIN ON 9-8-08 HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING THIRSTY AND FEELING WEAK.SO HE CAME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND I CHECHED HIS SUGUR AND I GOT A READING THAT STATED HIGH NO NUMBERS BUT JUST SAID HIGH.SO I CALLED MY SISTER WHO WORKS AT A NURSING HOME AND HAD HER TO ASK A NURSE THAT WORKS THERE WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU JUST GET A READING OF HIGH.SHE SAID HE WAS IN A SERIOUS CRISES AND THAT I NEEDED TO GET HIM TO THE ER RIGHT AWAY SO I DID AND WHEN WE GOT THERE ,THEY TESTED HIS SUGUR AND IT READ 1100 SO THEY TOOK HIM IN THE BACK AND HOOKED HIM UP TO A HEART MONITOR AND TOOK HIS BLOOD PRESSURE AND IT READ192/128 THEY TOLD HIM HE WAS AT STROKE AND HEART ATTACK LEVEL.SO THEY PUT HIM IN ICU TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET IT DOWN AND IT CAME DOWN TO 115 THINK GOD AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE CAME DOWN TO 103/83.I JUST HOPE WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THE HOSPITIAL THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE OF HIS SELF BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE DIED.THATS WHY IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GET OUR SELVES CHECKED OUT.WE CAN HAVE THESE THING AND WILL NOT NOT IT IS A SILIENT KILLER.

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