So here is what happened

[theme song] # It's a jungle out there / Disorder and confusion everywhere / No one seems to care / Well I do / Hey, who's in charge here? / It's a jungle out there / Poison in the very air we breathe / Do you know what's in the water that you drink? / Well I do, and it's amazing / People think I'm crazy, 'cause I worry all the time / If you paid attention, you'd be worried too / You better pay attention / Or this world we love so much might just kill you / I could be wrong now, but I don't think so / It's a jungle out there #

Theme song from the Monk. And here is what happened.

Grandma Maria, 84.y.o. cute strong willed lady from Brazil. Conditions: Hypertension, diabetes type II, heart disease (type unknown).
2 days ago her glucose levels went down all day and then dropped to 26! An ambulance ride, ER and 48 hours later she is back to normal and off her diabetes meds.

Back in Brazil Dona Maria used to eat lots of bread, coffee and cuzcuz (a type of corn bread that is very rich in carbs). Her other nutrition source was rice, beans and chicken. Despite the high blood pressure she loved to add salt and fat to her diet.

Coming over here was a big change to her. We made her eat all types of different (vegetarian) food, whole wheat bread, veggies, and we didn't offer any of her daily friends: strong coffee (worse than expresso really), and salt.
She complained daily of this treatment until this episode. She lost a little weight and morned her salt and caffeine.

So now, after this very interesting episode, and after being monitored on the hospital for 48 hours, it seems her glucose levels are lower than they used to be and she can no longer be called diabetic?

She has gastroparesis which makes her not absorve food as fast, so we need to keep an watch on her sugar levels for a while.

The week that started full of drama (well, I'm still recovering), ended well, since all she has to do now is eat what I make her, because is making her better (and don't complain about it grandma!!!). Dometimes to be better you need to be worse first... now that the "sugar-steeler" medication is no longer on her system, she can eat this diet again and preserve her sight and hopefully improve her other symptoms overtime. We are praying about it anyway! God's willing....The next couple days will prove or disprove this theory. I could be wrong now but I don't think so.