I agree with Eric. I don’t understand why either. I feel that we were very lucky my kid’s diagnosis did not end in our kid’s death, due to my stupidity in not seeing what was obvious in front of my eyes. But it is galling that, with an A1c of 12.5%, and in the midst of losing several pounds per day, it took 3 medical visits in a week for him to get diagnosed.
Because my son was possibly 12-24 hours from death when diagnosed, I think that the lack of awareness of diabetes as a diagnosis, and the lack of use of a simple glucose meter when there is any doubt, likely result in a higher death rate than necessary for undiagnosed diabetic children.