Mary Lincoln and the American "Sweet Tooth"

[LincolnToddFan]

Thanks much, Eva E. I did read somewhere that Type I can be more severe and difficult to treat. My cousin was a seemingly healthy, active normal boy of 13, skinny as a rail but he loved to eat. One morning almost without warning he became groggy and passed out at the breakfast table in front of his entire family. He spent almost a week in a coma and nearly died. It was so horrible, his mother was shattered. But unfortunately diabetes is a risk on my maternal side of the family.

My cousin's kidneys eventually failed completely and he was on dialysis when he died in December. Poor Christopher!

I am sure that if Mrs Lincoln had it, it was Type II.