A School Nurse Had To Break The Rules To Save A Diabetic Student’s Life

I arrive at Starbucks with a girlfriend who confesses she hasn’t had breakfast yet. I’m scanning the menu, deciding on an unflavored, soy latte, when I hear my friend say she’s “hangry.” And I have to hold back my eye roll and sigh.

The dangerous condition is precisely what happened to a seventh grade student at Glenview Middle School in East Moline, Illinois., a registered nurse who had spent seventeen of her thirty-year career at the school, arrived in her office after her lunch break to find her assistant helping a type 1 diabetic student. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, autoimmune disease that has no cure.

Jacobs knew that the student needed a glucagon, since she was unable to eat the sugar her body desperately needed.The student didn’t have a glucagon on-hand in the nurse’s office. Jacobs had asked the parents to provide a glucagon, but they hadn’t yet.She reports that three out of four of the family members were insulin-dependent, and diabetes prescriptions are extremely expensive. A glucagon’s out-of-pocket cost ranges from $200-$350.

Other supplies include glucose tablets or gel which help raise blood sugar in the event of a low blood sugar. Ketone test strips, which help the patient know if he or she is “spilling ketones,” which can result in diabetic ketoacidosis, a dangerous medical condition that comes with high blood sugars, also known as hyperglycemia. Many diabetics like myself wear medical identification jewelry in case of an emergency.

Turns out, her decision likely saved the girl’s life. On the way to the hospital, paramedics administered a second glucagon because one wasn’t enough. If Jacobs wouldn’t have administered the first glucagon, the student may have lost her life.

As the mother of a T1D tween I have so much gratitude for eagle-eyed school nurses. Our nurse lost her adult son suddenly to T1D, and goes above and beyond to accommodate and care for my girl.

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