It’s Happening

C’s application was approved.  He will be receiving a Diabetic Alert Dog!! This is such exciting news.  We’ve struggled for a while now with him having trouble feeling lows and not feeling a hint of a symptom of highs.  He craves freedom and I want him to have it more than anything.  He’s 12 years [...]

D.A.D.

I took a big step today.  A really exciting step.  I sent in C’s application for a Diabetic Alert Dog (D.A.D.).  Please help us say a prayer, think good thoughts, whatever you do to help him get approved and start moving forward on the process.

RIP Pump #1

On Friday afternoon I got a phone call from C letting me know that while swimming (with his summer day-camp), he noticed his pump’s screen was filled with water and he couldn’t get it to turn on. Yes, that’s a small lake of water in the bottom of the screen *Yes, the Ping is waterproof.  [...]

Marble Slab

As I may have mentioned many times before, we go to RedBrick Pizza every week or two for their delicious gluten free pizza. A few doors down from them is a Marble Slab Creamery.  A couple months ago I gave in and we stopped there for some dessert.  I explained C’s celiac disease.  I asked [...]

Diet Suicide

My kids are big fans of suicide… not the real deal… the soda mixing deal.  That’s what we called it when I was a kid, do other people call it that?  You know, when you mix all the flavors from the soda fountain?  I hope so or else this whole thing already sounds weird. I [...]

Dear School,

So here’s my day so far and the email sent to the school (and district) today.  Blahhhhh Hi [School Psychologist] and [School Nurse], I’m just checking in to see if you were able to come up with any ideas at the meeting this morning about C’s education. I’m also wondering if independent studies of some [...]

I don’t FEEL like educating!

We don’t deal with too many people saying ignorant things or being rude or not understanding C’s autoimmune woes.  I just realized that maybe it’s because we’re not all that social.  We have such a small circle of people we’re around and it seems that a bunch of them have diabetes themselves or in their [...]

Not Welcome Here

So C’s basketball team had their end-of-season party tonight.  At a local pizza place.  Regular pizza. We considered not going, but I decided to take him anyways.  I called ahead and asked if they offered gluten-free pizza and was told no.  I told them my son’s team was coming in and he had celiac disease, [...]

The Look

My dad had a look when I was growing up.  I remember if you pissed him off real good his eyes used to look like he was going to turn into a werewolf and kill you.  It used to scare the shit out of me.  I was sure, growing up, that he might kill me [...]

It’s November.

Today is the beginning of Diabetes Awareness Month or National Diabetes Month or whatever it’s officially called.  I’ve been pumped up about it.  I’ve been looking forward to maybe doing like Nan did last year and posting a diabetes fact each day. Last week some asshole just shattered my enthusiasm for facebook in a pretty big way.  [...]