livebearerfreak;4370348; said:
no i dont know how diabetic works. i just know hes now dieing from it and it acts up on him everyday. he gets really weak at times, last week he was working hard and stoped and sat down for awhle so i went and got grandmother and she got him up and he couldnt even walk straight.
I took care my mom for over 10 years before she died. She had life-long diabetes. I took her to doctor on regular basis once every three months to check her blood pressure, she also had high bp, and ran test to make sure her sugar level was in normal range. There is really nothing you can do to eliminate his blood sugar "shooting up". Your grandpa and the rest of family member must want to help. Control what he eats what not to eat,. and at least once a day test he blood sugar level. There is a device you can get from drug store, just draw tiny bit blood and the readings will tell you if he is having above nomal range of sugar in his blood. Most important of all, is he has go to see doctor on regular basis, to get vital medical info, such as, meds and dosage he has to be on.
DO NOT, and you SHOULD NOT take this responsibility and guilt solely upon yourself. CHECK WITH THE DOCTOR what kind of care he should receive! The patient is the one that suffers the most, so expect him to be grouchy and agitated. Imagine, you had to watch everyone having chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream for desert, and you could only have a tiny cake made of artificial sweetners, you would be upset too.
If the rest of family don't appreciate your contribution in taking care of your grandpa and tend to give you a hard time, treating you like you are a freeloader (only you know, I guess), you really have to seriously think about moving out which sometime might be the best solution for everyone. If they or your grandpa can't live without you, they/he will BEG you to stay, ON YOUR TERMS! In order to be taken serious in life, you have to first be willing to give so much and make yourself inexpendable (building enough chips) then you would be in better ground to negotiate. I think you are too young to allow your self to be in this situation without any help from your family. Right now, you need to talk to your family, if they care about you at all they will listen, and work out a list what you think your contibution to grandpa's everyday care is (it better be a long list), minus expenses of your food and boarding there, what other needs you must have (caring for your fish tank, make water change...), make it a short list. what this might lead to, no one knows be cause we don't know you and your family. When all fail, just leave (i bet that's what they want), focus on yourself. Let they handle their situation and live with the consequence and you do yours. My best regards, and good luck !
