My seven year old son and my oldest brother both have type 1 diabetes, and I am concerned about my four year old son. We recently noted that he began to drink and use the bathroom often, but this lasted only a week. During this time, I did a random blood sugar check approximately one hour after her had eaten which was 183 mg/dl [10.2 mmol/L], but I have since checked some random blood sugars and noted normal values. He is no longer using the bathroom and drinking like he was. I know that other things can cause polyuria and polydipsia, and I guess that I am concerned that he may be starting to display some early signs of diabetes. Is there any way to check to see if he is developing diabetes before it actually full manifests? I read some journals that have talked about using low dose insulin in siblings of people with diabetes who may be at risk. Is there any therapy that may delay the full onset of diabetes if he is at risk for developing diabetes?

Justin Delgado is husband to Kacie Doyle-Delgado, diagnosed at age 11. After more than a decade together, he considers himself to be an expert carb counter and Dexcom inserter. He graduated with his Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah in 2013 and has been working in commercial banking since then. He attended his first Friends for Life conference in 2015 and is looking forward to volunteering with the teens.

Kacie Doyle-Delgado, MSN, APRN, NP-C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11 and attended her first Friends for Life conference in 2002. Since then, she has attended several FFL and regional conferences. She earned her BSN and her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT and she is currently enrolled in a DNP program. She works for Utah Physicians Care Center in a diabetes specialty clinic. Kacie lives in Salt Lake with her husband, Justin Delgado, and their dogs. She is looking forward to volunteering with the teens again.

Marissa Town, BSN, RN, CDE, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential. She has had type 1 diabetes since the age of two and has grown up with a passion for helping families living with diabetes. Marissa is currently working as a research nurse at Stanford University. She has always enjoyed working with families with diabetes at Children with Diabetes conferences, camps, and support groups. She and her husband Adam have two young children, Connor and Everly.