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 [...]

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 [...]

Back To School

This morning we met with our school district nurse, the health tech and the psychologist at C’s new school.  I must say that immediately it was a refreshing change from last year’s staff. I showed up with seven plastic boxes of glucose tabs, juice boxes, test strips, etc.  Everything he ‘might need’ while he’s at [...]

homework? what’s that?

Every time I feel like I have things under control, I realize I’m failing. The last week has been great. C’s numbers have been good, he hasn’t felt sick, I’ve been cooking good dinners, been trying to keep up with exercising the dogs, I wake up to check his blood 2-3 times per night, more [...]

lessons taught… by sleepless me

I’m averaging 3-4 phone calls from C a day from school telling me every reason under the sun why he’s not feeling well and needs to come home. I work, mind you.  And my work gave me more hours back two weeks ago. So far I have not been able to work these extra hours [...]

How Do You Deal With This?! and rambling

C called me from school this morning.  He felt low in class and walked up to the health office (all the way across campus).  He tested at 59.  The health tech allowed him to call me before taking his carbs.  I told him to have 6 glucose tabs (24 carbs).  Ya, it might’ve sounded like [...]

could be worse

Someone I work with was just asking me about C’s health issues.  I was explaining celiac disease and how it affects diabetes and how i believe that it was the untreated celiac that caused the diabetes and what a bummer that is.  He said something about how it’s nice that we have a diagnosis now and [...]

How Low?

I just went in to test C before he goes to sleep.  I say, “110.  Awesome number, but a little lower than I want it for bedtime.  Is there anything special you’d like?” He answers, “I’d like a Vegas-Style Buffet.” LOL Ok, back to what I was trying to write before… We’ve been singing the [...]

Pump’s coming!!

We had a great 2 weeks off from school and most of it off from work.  C’s blood sugar was pretty decent and he felt good.  First day back to school, he doesn’t feel well, trace ketones and his blood sugar goes up to 360.  Umm, ya.  I think I’ll have to agree he’s got [...]