Childhood, Interrupted.

Diabetes is shitty.  I’m one of the first who’ll admit that.  I would never downplay what a horrible disease it is and how unbearably consuming it is.  No matter what activity you are or are not going to do, you have to consider diabetes first.  Eating?  Test, count carbs bolus… Exercising?  Test, eat carbs… Sleeping [...]

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.

The Scary Part of Independence

The other day I posted about how great it is being able to leave C alone and how wonderful he is at taking care of himself… Well, today I had a bit of reality thrown at me.  Although, I typically don’t blame diabetes or get angry with diabetes (anymore!), I definitely felt the unfairness of [...]

My Baby’s Growing Up!! Woohoo!

For the last two weeks, C’s been staying home alone while I go to work.  Believe me, this has been pretty scary for me, but it’s working.  Not only that, but it’s working better than him coming in to work with me. When he’s at work, he sits.  All. Day. Long. in my office on [...]

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.  [...]

Silly Questions

Once a year we travel to UCLA to meet a special team of endocrinologists that C’s insurance, evidently, trusts more than our own.  They do a thorough overview of C, his diabetes, his pump settings, A1c, etc.  They ask a million questions and then submit paperwork to our insurance that a)Yes, we’re taking care of his diabetes, [...]

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 [...]