You Are Getttttting Sleeeeeepy

Last night we couldn’t shake the lows, or maybe the “too-low-for-bed”s.  A 65 at bedtime got 24 carbs of ice cream.  3o minutes later a 59 got a juice box.  20 min later he was 96.  Cool, removed pump and he took a shower.  Came out 40 minutes later bg 87.  I lowered his pump to [...]

Alexis’ MeMe

Alexis Wants To Know! For informative purposes: C is 11 years old.  Diagnosed with diabetes July 2009, just after turning 10. When did you guys start pumping? He started pumping in January 2010, almost 6 months after diagnosis with the Animas One Touch Ping. What do you use to change sites? Whats your “process”? We [...]

basal changes are good

I’ve been getting up at least two to three times per night for way too long correcting C’s blood sugar.  If I didn’t, it would hit the high 200s or 300s by midnight.  Every single night.  I’ve been trying to hold out for his endo appt. which was stupid, but we made it.  We made [...]

2 weeks with the pump

Tomorrow will be 2 weeks with C’s pump.  Last Tuesday we packed up and headed to Outdoor School with his 5th grade class.  AKA 85 10-11 year olds.  His blood glucose was running between 280 and 350 for a few days.  I was stressing about it, but he couldn’t miss this trip.  He would’ve hated [...]

The Good Life on a Pump

So far, the pump’s been everything we expected and better.  Last Tuesday afternoon, the Animas trainer came to the house to teach us all about it and how to use it, set it up, etc.  We’d already done so much research that it didn’t seem like a lot to handle.  That night at bedtime, C’s number [...]