I'm the momma of two boys, C and E.
My oldest, C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (July 2009) and celiac disease (Sept 2009) at the age of 10 and pumps with the Animas OneTouch Ping. In December 2011, he received his 4-month-old Diabetic Alert Dog in-training.
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At diagnosis, C’s nurse mentioned a pump. He immediately said he never wanted one because he didn’t want surgery. We had a neighbor on an insulin pump and we had just assumed that she’d had surgery to have it ‘installed.’ The nurse corrected us and he informed him that there was no surgery involved and [...]
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Every once in a while I get reminded that C REALLY DOES have diabetes and celiac FOREVER. It makes me sick to my stomach when it happens. Today I got registration papers in the mail from the summer camp he goes to every year. He’s not going this year. I don’t have enough hours at [...]
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When C was 15-16 months old, he’d had this unusual diarrhea for about 2 months. It was orangey colored and very mucousy (sp?). I nursed him until 14 months. It was right after I stopped nursing that it started. I took him to the doctor and they thought it must be parasitic. They did a stool sample [...]
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We’re home and things are going ok. Of course his first night home his blood sugar went a bit higher than I had hoped (277). I gave the proper amount of insulin and checked an hour later and it was a bit higher than before. He also said he had a headache so of course [...]
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last wednesday and thursday C didn’t feel well. this was after a week of me noticing he had to pee more than often and was continuously thirsty. friday morning i decided to take him to the dr. to get screened for diabetes. when we got up he looked close to death. in about a week he’d lost [...]
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