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00:00Noble got very, very sick. It started as a simple runny nose, nothing dramatic, nothing alarming.
00:05We even took him on vacation. When we got home, everything changed. Noble became lethargic,
00:11pale, and his breathing didn't look right. My mom's gut screamed louder than anything around me.
00:17I texted our pediatrician, and he told me that I either needed to come straight to him or take
00:22him to the ER. Kylie faced every mom's worst nightmare when Noble became incredibly sick.
00:27This night was the closest I've ever been to losing my baby. He was diagnosed with two viruses at the
00:33same time, the parainfluenza and mycoplasma pneumonia. One virus alone will keep a baby hospitalized for
00:41weeks, and Noble had both. When he finally stabilized and a few days later, we went home, but I didn't
00:49know yet his immune system never fully recovered from this event. Doctors had no idea what was wrong
00:54with Noble, making this journey so much tougher. When we got to the hospital, Noble fell into a coma.
01:01Suddenly, your room floods with every type of medical personnel, and not a single person can tell
01:07you what is happening. He kept asking, is he going to? And every person avoided answering. They began
01:14poking, pricking, and prodding him, and he didn't even make a sound. He didn't cry. He didn't even flinch.
01:20That level of silence from your child is a kind of fear that imprints into your own body forever.
01:27They did every kind of test they could in desperate search for answers.
01:31After endless testing and no clear explanation, the doctor finally said, let's check his sugar. He's probably low
01:39from dehydration. And that's the test. That one tiny drop of blood shifted everything. His glucose came back as
01:475'73". We had our answer. Type 1 diabetes out of absolutely nowhere. They immediately started IV
01:55fluids, began insulin, and admitted him into the PICU. They finally had an explanation. Now Kylie wants to
02:01spread awareness of something that could easily have been missed. Diabetes in babies can look slightly
02:07different. The classic symptoms adults know are much harder to see in infants. First sign, thirst.
02:14It didn't stand out. Next was tired. He was fatigued. But babies nap all the time. Then came toilet.
02:20Excessive urination. There was a few nights where he peed out of his diaper. And the last one his tummy.
02:26Noble couldn't tell me his stomach hurt. And he would randomly puke once, maybe twice a week. But in babies,
02:33every single one of those can be dismissed as a normal baby thing. Noble's entire story unfolded
02:40in three weeks. Please learn these signs, especially if you're a mom of a baby or a toddler.
02:46Thankfully, Noble was able to leave. Now his parents had a better understanding of his health.
02:50Should we go home? Let's get out of here. Say bye, hospital. See you never.
02:57Just kidding. We'll probably be back in a week.
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