The teachers of the Lope de Vega control the glucose to an eight -year -old student.
They say they don't even have to look, they understand each other with a slight head movement.Carlos Díaz, a tutor of a third -party class of the Lope de Vega school, has a kind of telepathy with one of his students, Ainoa Rodríguez, eight years old.
Only a small gesture serves for the girl to go to the bottom of the class and begin a routine that repeats, at least three times on each class.Grab a strip, puncture on the finger and blood to the machine.It is the only way to measure your glucose levels.
Ainoa was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in June, the most common in children.This disease occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin, the hormone that is needed to wear blood sugar (glucose) to cells.Diabetics must undergo periodic controls to monitor their insulin levels, since excess or lack of sugar can cause serious health problems.
The Board protocol forces a responsible teacher in health matters.
Ainoa's life and her family completely changed since then.«The girl hurt her head a lot and lost 14 kilos.An analysis was made and they entered that same day, ”says Isabel Gallardo, mother of the little one.At first we had a total ignorance of the disease, it was a jug of cold water ».After the diagnosis, doctors referred Ainoa to a hospital in Seville, where an endocrine taught his parents to deal with the disease and monitor insulin levels."On the second day they gave her the control apparatus and told her that it was going to be another finger for her," says the mother.
Then came the transfer to the child's mother and after almost a month of income, Ainoa was discharged.«When we returned to Badajoz I communicated at school what had happened and told them that the girl was going to need to be controlled in class.My husband and I was very distressed, I even thought about leaving the work to do the controls, ”says Isabel.As during the rest of the day, diabetic children must undergo exhaustive and newspaper glucose controls.Teachers have to be trained to monitor them and interpret their symptoms, and should know how to act if they suffer a decrease or a sugar rise.But what for Isabel and her husband, Eugenio, was a problem at first, then became tranquility."When I arrived at school they opened my arms and explained that I was not going to have any problem," says the mother.
The center's direction, headed by Ismael Pérez, got to work since he met the diagnosis of Ainoa.For cases of students with diabetes, the Board of Extremadura has a protocol since 2011. First, as reported by the regional executive, the nearest health center (the downtown area of Badajoz) must appoint a nurse for the case.
Then, in the school itself an educational educational reference is designated.It is a teacher who, voluntarily, contacts the parents and the nurse, supervises the controls and monitors that there is sugar or sugar drinks for diabetic children.
monitoring
In the Lope de Vega, the reference professor for health matters is the Head of Studies, Germán Lozano.«The mother saw in July that our disposition was good.The Board protocol is quite complete and has a series of guidelines.We also contacted the General Directorate of Health and after three days they brought us a refrigerator, ”he explains.
That fridge is installed in the Ainoa class.There they keep juices, liquid yogurts or cookies;foods that cause their glucose levels to rise when a decrease occurs.In addition, there is also insulin and glucagon, an emergency medicine to climb the sugar.
The center also has two devices for glucose measurements.With them and thanks to the supervision of the teachers, Ainoa is always controlled.To start training, the tutor and the head of studies received a manual, and in addition, the girl's mother went to school for two weeks to help in adaptation.«They understood me perfectly, so I started my work again.I know that here is controlled, as at home, ”explains Isabel, who reiterates his thanks to the teachers and the director of the center.
During these two months of course, Ainoa has undergone at least three daily controls in class.The first is done at ten in the morning, three hours after breakfast."If at that time the girl has a descent, she is given a juice or an actimel or a cookie, which are rapid absorption hydrates for the body," explains the mother.
The most important controls are carried out before and after physical education classes.If you have low glucose, the girl must wait to do sports.«You always have to ask and see how she is.In case of doubt, click him.The day that has high glucose and we do sports, we take advantage to burn, ”says Germán.
Integration
Communication between the head of studies and the girl's tutor is constant."See you and look like brokers from the bag, we are always saying numbers to see if it has climbed or lowered glucose," explains the tutor.
The child's response to the disease was another of Isabel's concerns.«At first he wondered why she had touched this disease or if she was going to be different from the rest of the children, but she caught all the information.His life has only changed that he has to do his controls and carry his insulin, ”says Isabel.
In class, Ainoa is one more and now he is even more loved by his teammates.«It shows that he has won in maturity, has made a gigantic leap.The classmates are very mentalized and we have even used to explain the pancreas in class, ”says the tutor.«Children accept that physical education classes cannot start directly.They know that they have to wait five minutes for Ainoa to test.And they even ask how much he has given, ”adds Germán.
The mother does not stop thanking the support of the teachers."I have spoken with other parents who have told me that in schools they have not taken care of their children," he explains.The teachers, however, are limited to pointing out that they only comply with the Board protocol.