Diabetes

For those of you who aren't aware, the reason for the big gap in the posts is that we have had a lot going on here with Christopher's health. For some time he had been super dry and always drinking water/going to the bathroom. He had also dropped quite a bit of weight very quickly. I don't know if it is as obvious in these pictures (they were taken about 3 months apart) but he dropped about 30 pounds in 2 months. We went in and had his bloodwork done and he has diabetes and his thyroid is not working.
We found this out about 2 days before his 27th birthday (happy sucky birthday to you..LOL). The doctor wanted to see us right away. His numbers came back as bloodsugar 330 and his AC1 was about 14. This means we were lucky he wasn't hospitalized as his average bloodsugar over the past 3 months was around 400-450(normal is 80-100). At 600, you can slip into a coma or have a stroke. The doctor has put Christopher on 3 medications right now. Synthyroid for his thyroid, a medication to lower blood pressure and thus protect his kidneys from being damaged by such high bloodsugar, and a medication to bring down his bloodsugar. Right now, he is on the lowest possible dose of all three. However, dosages will be adjusted as needed over the following months as we get more bloodwork back. We have also drastically altered our (especially his) diet and once he is feeling better (he has been ill) we will add in exercise. Eventually, we hope to be able to control his diabetes with diet and exercise, but for now we just have to get it under control. Slowly, but surely it is coming down. When we first started testing a week ago, it was averaging about 270 and now it is averaging about 245 (with the lowest test so far at 230) We are sticking to it and hope to have more results soon. We will be meeting with the doctor again next week and hopefully at that time will be set up with a nutritionist. Unfortunately, his bloodsugar will not stabalize overnight (especially since it was so high) but he is sticking closely to a healthy diet and really tracking his health.
This has been quite a change and a lot of emotional stress for our family. We are still going through some emotional adjustments and would appreciate support. However, we are quite sensitive right now to unsolicited advice and criticism(however well intentioned) Please know that we will try to keep you all informed and we are doing everything within our power (and that of our doctors) to make positive changes and to ensure Christopher has a long and healthy life and (God-willing) to ensure that our children will not be the 5th generation of diabetics.