We returned from Missouri with Annie’s numbers very high, so we went to see the endocrinologist. Of course, the minute we made the appointment, her numbers went back to normal, but we went anyway.
It turns out we weren’t doing anything wrong – diet, exercise, new insulin in case it had gone bad, ketone tests -- the doctor agreed with it all. But then she figured it out: growth hormones. Annie had grown an inch in three months, and the growth hormones counteracted the insulin.
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