Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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19th May 2022
A Texas law is supposed to protect diabetic students at school. No one is enforcing it.
When 7-year-old Neyo Green started having trouble sleeping and going to the bathroom multiple times throughout the night, his parents didn’t think much of it. Just days later, they were rushing his limp, weak body from a children’s urgent care to the emergency room as he went into DKA, or diabetic ketoacidosis, one of the most serious complications of diabetes that can quickly lead to death if left untreated. His blood sugar levels were 694 milligrams, more than five times the level of a healthy 7-year-old. “The school nurse called and said that he was sleepy,” said Marlon Green, Neyo’s father. “He didn’t get much sleep. No big deal. But then she called back later that day.”