I would definitely take her to the pediatrician to have her urine checked. Is she urinating excessively too? My son was 21 months old when he was diagnosed with diabetes and he was chugging down juice and water like nothing. He would also wake up every morning with his bed soaked, even though we'd changed his diaper right before we went to bed. ... more

YOU CANNOT CATCH DIABETES FROM ANYONE!! It is an autoimmune disease where your body attacks itself. Again - you CANNOT catch it! As a mother of a child with diabetes, it annoys me that these false ideas are so common out there - sorry if I sound angry!

I would think if you told him that you had additional symptoms this time, that might be enough to convince him to do the echo. An echocardiogram can detect problems that an EKG and stress test cannot. Since your symptoms include signs of a heart attack, I hope your doctor would feel the echo necessary.

Good luck with it.