A couple of years ago, when Jessica and Pritesh Patelâs son Avhon was just a year old, something started happening to his health.
For about two weeks, the Patels, of Lancaster, ferried Avhon back and forth to their doctor s office to try to find out what the problem was. The doctors told the Patels that Avhon had contracted a virus and prescribed antibiotics. Then one day, Avhon turned pale and started breathing heavily. The Patels rushed their baby to the emergency room.
At first, the doctors thought Avhon was having an asthma attack, but then an EMT who happened to be on the scene intervened and suggested that this was something even more serious. The doctors checked Avhon s blood glucose level. It was over 700 mg/dl (milligrams per deciliter). According to the medical center the Cleveland Clinic, a normal fasting blood glucose level is 70-99 mg/dl.