Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Rare Afternoon
I'm enjoying a rare afternoon here. I put Leo down for his afternoon nap as soon as we finished up lunch. And then I indulged in one of my guilty pleasures....cuddling with Lily until she finally fell asleep too! She so rarely naps anymore and this week has been a bit of a rough one. Summer colds are brutal on little tiny diabetic bodies! I knew she was feeling a bit off this morning and she's been pretty cranky the last couple of days. Hopefully the extra sleep will do her some good and she'll be right back to her latest favorite past-time-running around the house with her "blankelly" as a cape, yelling out "super-fast". It's pretty cute, I have to admit.
I had a rare moment of jealousy the other day. I managed to get the kids and myself to the gym, which is a workout on it's own. I've been severely neglecting my exercise lately. I brought the kids down to the child care center and was waiting my turn to drop them off. The woman ahead of me, picking up her children, just happened to be one of those bubble-headed dingbats with boobs 10x larger than her brain. I know, not a very flattering way to describe her, but really, it never looks good when a woman who isn't even 100 lbs has DD-sized breast implants put in (really, who in their right mind thinks that looks good?). As I was standing behind this woman, I had a brief moment of jealousy. Seriously, how much easier it would be to drop the kids off in the center if it weren't for diabetes! If I didn't have to check Lily's blood sugar to make sure she's staying stable and then check my blood sugar to make sure I'm at a good level to start a workout. And then deal with the guilt as I hand over a crying Leo and send Lily off to play. It's so much work! It occurred to me as I was doing all of that....God does not give bubble-headed bimbos diabetic children. Probably because he knows they wouldn't be able to handle it. The strain of it would pop every single bubble in their empty little heads! It would be a disaster of magnificent proportions!
My bout with jealousy ended very quickly when I got a look at the bubble-head's two children. Wow! I'm not going to go into detail, but honestly, if those were my children, they'd be spanked good and hard for behaving the way those two did! And I'm not even one who believes in spanking! Life with diabetes may be hard and it may require a mom to have more than just bubbles in her head, but when you're kids are as adorable, inside and out, as the two that I have.....man, it's just so worth it!
I had a rare moment of jealousy the other day. I managed to get the kids and myself to the gym, which is a workout on it's own. I've been severely neglecting my exercise lately. I brought the kids down to the child care center and was waiting my turn to drop them off. The woman ahead of me, picking up her children, just happened to be one of those bubble-headed dingbats with boobs 10x larger than her brain. I know, not a very flattering way to describe her, but really, it never looks good when a woman who isn't even 100 lbs has DD-sized breast implants put in (really, who in their right mind thinks that looks good?). As I was standing behind this woman, I had a brief moment of jealousy. Seriously, how much easier it would be to drop the kids off in the center if it weren't for diabetes! If I didn't have to check Lily's blood sugar to make sure she's staying stable and then check my blood sugar to make sure I'm at a good level to start a workout. And then deal with the guilt as I hand over a crying Leo and send Lily off to play. It's so much work! It occurred to me as I was doing all of that....God does not give bubble-headed bimbos diabetic children. Probably because he knows they wouldn't be able to handle it. The strain of it would pop every single bubble in their empty little heads! It would be a disaster of magnificent proportions!
My bout with jealousy ended very quickly when I got a look at the bubble-head's two children. Wow! I'm not going to go into detail, but honestly, if those were my children, they'd be spanked good and hard for behaving the way those two did! And I'm not even one who believes in spanking! Life with diabetes may be hard and it may require a mom to have more than just bubbles in her head, but when you're kids are as adorable, inside and out, as the two that I have.....man, it's just so worth it!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
The numbers are ALL WRONG!
I'm trying to kill time while I wait for the next BG check, which is still 30 minutes away, and trying to avoid falling asleep. This isn't a good combination for me...I'm convinced there is only so much I can spend on buying yarn off eBay before my husband loses it and murders me! So, here I am, blogging instead. A really good thing, since I've had something on my mind for a while now and have been meaning to put it out there and ask for help from all you other d-moms out there!
We had Lily's one-year anniversary checkup with the endocrinologist. It just happened to come at the end of a week that we'd spent connecting with some other d-families with toddlers/preschoolers with diabetes. During these d-play-dates, I voiced a frustration I've been having for quite some time now. The numbers are all wrong. Every last one of them. To be more specific, the recommendations just aren't meant to accommodate a pint-sized diabetic! Here are the main recommendations that I'm talking about:
1. Treat a low blood sugar with 15 grams of carbohydrates.
2. Return to the doctor in 3 months for a checkup.
My problems with these two recommendations....Lily can be 50 and if I give her 15 grams of carbohydrates and retest her in an hour, she'll have rocketed straight to 500! It's nuts! And it's awful. For those of you who don't understand what it feels like to have that happen to your body, that large of a jump in either direction will bring on horrible headaches. Think somewhere along the lines of a brain-freeze that just won't go away. Not fun, not good for my tiny, little girl!
Second recommendation....in the last three months, Lily had shot up another inch and she has lost 2 lbs. The weight loss is from all the running she's been doing, I know, but when you only weigh 30 lbs to begin with, a 2 lb loss can be pretty alarming. This is how the three months goes for us though. Just after leaving the doctor's office, we have a good week of adjusting to the changes. After that week, we maybe get a few weeks of just coasting along happily. In four weeks, we're probably battling numbers again because she's leading into a new growth spurt, which brings on lots of lows. Five weeks post-doctor, she's in the midst of a huge growth spurt. Six or seven weeks after, she's done with the growth spurt and her insulin regimen needs to be changed to accommodate the growth she's just done. Week 8, she's battling a bug or something and everything has gone to hell. Do I need to continue? In three months, so much has changed! She's like a whole new kid and her insulin needs are completely different. If you want to keep up with a pint-sized diabetic, you need to see the diabetic more often than just every three months!
So Lily's appointment with the diabetes educator was on Friday (her doctor is almost always booked 4 months in advance-another frustration). Her hemoglobin A1C was 8.6. Awesome! Much better than the 9.8 last time! Great! But, that doesn't make my frustrations go away. The numbers really are all wrong for this size of diabetic. Being diabetic myself, I know I have a bit more knowledge than others and I'm perfectly aware that what works for one diabetic, doesn't work for another. Diabetes is different in each person. But, the educators and doctors don't make that clear enough for newly diagnosed diabetics and their families. And most of all, they really don't make that clear for pint-sized diabetics and their families! The numbers need to change. It used to be that the typical age of diagnosis was 9, 10, 11 years-old. Doctors are seeing more and more children who are infants, toddlers, and preschoolers when they are diagnosed. If this is occurring more often, don't you think that they should come up with new recommendations for the pint-sized? Instead of telling families to give 15 grams of carbohydrates, why not tell them to start with 10? Instead of telling them to bring their child back in three months, why not make it two months? Things need to change!
Where can you help with this? Here's what I'm asking of all of you out there who agree with me. Mention it to your doctor. Let them hear your frustrations about the recommendations not accommodating your child. As more and more small children are diagnosed, someone needs to take notice and realize that the endocrinology community needs to come up with new recommendations for this age-group. The only way for them to start doing that is for all of us to mention our frustrations with the numbers, the lack of accommodation, and let them know that we're not happy with it. Maybe one of our doctors will wise up and start the ball rolling to get some new recommendations out there for our pint-sized children with diabetes!
Okay, time to test again so I can hopefully head to bed! Night all!
We had Lily's one-year anniversary checkup with the endocrinologist. It just happened to come at the end of a week that we'd spent connecting with some other d-families with toddlers/preschoolers with diabetes. During these d-play-dates, I voiced a frustration I've been having for quite some time now. The numbers are all wrong. Every last one of them. To be more specific, the recommendations just aren't meant to accommodate a pint-sized diabetic! Here are the main recommendations that I'm talking about:
1. Treat a low blood sugar with 15 grams of carbohydrates.
2. Return to the doctor in 3 months for a checkup.
My problems with these two recommendations....Lily can be 50 and if I give her 15 grams of carbohydrates and retest her in an hour, she'll have rocketed straight to 500! It's nuts! And it's awful. For those of you who don't understand what it feels like to have that happen to your body, that large of a jump in either direction will bring on horrible headaches. Think somewhere along the lines of a brain-freeze that just won't go away. Not fun, not good for my tiny, little girl!
Second recommendation....in the last three months, Lily had shot up another inch and she has lost 2 lbs. The weight loss is from all the running she's been doing, I know, but when you only weigh 30 lbs to begin with, a 2 lb loss can be pretty alarming. This is how the three months goes for us though. Just after leaving the doctor's office, we have a good week of adjusting to the changes. After that week, we maybe get a few weeks of just coasting along happily. In four weeks, we're probably battling numbers again because she's leading into a new growth spurt, which brings on lots of lows. Five weeks post-doctor, she's in the midst of a huge growth spurt. Six or seven weeks after, she's done with the growth spurt and her insulin regimen needs to be changed to accommodate the growth she's just done. Week 8, she's battling a bug or something and everything has gone to hell. Do I need to continue? In three months, so much has changed! She's like a whole new kid and her insulin needs are completely different. If you want to keep up with a pint-sized diabetic, you need to see the diabetic more often than just every three months!
So Lily's appointment with the diabetes educator was on Friday (her doctor is almost always booked 4 months in advance-another frustration). Her hemoglobin A1C was 8.6. Awesome! Much better than the 9.8 last time! Great! But, that doesn't make my frustrations go away. The numbers really are all wrong for this size of diabetic. Being diabetic myself, I know I have a bit more knowledge than others and I'm perfectly aware that what works for one diabetic, doesn't work for another. Diabetes is different in each person. But, the educators and doctors don't make that clear enough for newly diagnosed diabetics and their families. And most of all, they really don't make that clear for pint-sized diabetics and their families! The numbers need to change. It used to be that the typical age of diagnosis was 9, 10, 11 years-old. Doctors are seeing more and more children who are infants, toddlers, and preschoolers when they are diagnosed. If this is occurring more often, don't you think that they should come up with new recommendations for the pint-sized? Instead of telling families to give 15 grams of carbohydrates, why not tell them to start with 10? Instead of telling them to bring their child back in three months, why not make it two months? Things need to change!
Where can you help with this? Here's what I'm asking of all of you out there who agree with me. Mention it to your doctor. Let them hear your frustrations about the recommendations not accommodating your child. As more and more small children are diagnosed, someone needs to take notice and realize that the endocrinology community needs to come up with new recommendations for this age-group. The only way for them to start doing that is for all of us to mention our frustrations with the numbers, the lack of accommodation, and let them know that we're not happy with it. Maybe one of our doctors will wise up and start the ball rolling to get some new recommendations out there for our pint-sized children with diabetes!
Okay, time to test again so I can hopefully head to bed! Night all!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Back to the right frame of mind
Yesterday I wasn't in a mood to talk because I was busy dwelling on thoughts of what Lily lost a year ago when she was diagnosed. Life as a diabetic can be hard and not nearly as carefree as I wish it would be for her. But, somewhere between then and now, my thoughts have changed. I've started thinking about what she's gained. The pictures I posted tell part of the story. A year ago, she looked tired and thin and pale. Lily has always measured in the smaller end of the spectrum. At her two-year checkup, she weighed in the 8th percentile. Tiny. Five months after diagnosis, she had shot up four inches and gained a few pounds! The change in her was incredible! She had more life in her eyes. She had more energy (which, as troublesome as it can be at times, is a good thing). She was a much more spunky, lively, little girl. And I've loved seeing her bloom as she has grown and developed. That alone is worth the stress and strain of parenting a diabetic child!
I've also started thinking about what we, as a family, have gained through Lily's diagnosis. A year ago, my husband and I were still having a very rough time adjusting to life with two children. We were bickering more and resenting each other and growing further apart. I can look back and honestly say that I think our marriage was in serious danger at that point in time. We just weren't communicating with each other and we were both putting way too much of our efforts into looking at how the other person was wrong and how we each were right. We weren't paying any attention to what the other person needed or what the other person was doing right. Our marriage problems didn't go away when Lily was diagnosed. They subsided for a little bit as we learned how to take care of her, but they came roaring right back in once we got back to our daily routines. I honestly don't know if we would have taken the steps we did if it hadn't been for Lily's diagnosis. Marriage is hard, with or without kids, with or without diabetes. It takes a lot of work. And something we just weren't realizing....it requires us to let go of our desire to be right so we can look at all the ways that we are wrong. Our problems weren't because of Lily's diagnosis, but I do think her diagnosis helped drive us to take the step of pursuing marriage counseling. And that has made a huge difference! Things aren't perfect and I doubt they ever will be, but we've definitely picked up some new skills on how to help each other and how to at least try to look at how things might be in the other person's perception. I can't speak so much for my husband, but I know that I've learned to respect him so much more and to value his input in things. Not that I didn't before, but in some things, I may have pushed off what he was saying without realizing that much of what we do should be a collaborative effort. I've developed a great deal more respect for his knowledge and understanding of things. And, perhaps most importantly, I've learned how to hold on to those feelings of adoration and love that I've always had for him. I can get frustrated with him and upset with him and still, underneath that, I know that I truly 100% love and respect and admire him. I remember even when I'm feeling cranky that he's an absolutely amazing person and I'm so lucky to have him!
What an amazing year it's been for us! Heartbreaking, stressful, long year. But you know what? I don't think I would have traded one minute of it!
I've also started thinking about what we, as a family, have gained through Lily's diagnosis. A year ago, my husband and I were still having a very rough time adjusting to life with two children. We were bickering more and resenting each other and growing further apart. I can look back and honestly say that I think our marriage was in serious danger at that point in time. We just weren't communicating with each other and we were both putting way too much of our efforts into looking at how the other person was wrong and how we each were right. We weren't paying any attention to what the other person needed or what the other person was doing right. Our marriage problems didn't go away when Lily was diagnosed. They subsided for a little bit as we learned how to take care of her, but they came roaring right back in once we got back to our daily routines. I honestly don't know if we would have taken the steps we did if it hadn't been for Lily's diagnosis. Marriage is hard, with or without kids, with or without diabetes. It takes a lot of work. And something we just weren't realizing....it requires us to let go of our desire to be right so we can look at all the ways that we are wrong. Our problems weren't because of Lily's diagnosis, but I do think her diagnosis helped drive us to take the step of pursuing marriage counseling. And that has made a huge difference! Things aren't perfect and I doubt they ever will be, but we've definitely picked up some new skills on how to help each other and how to at least try to look at how things might be in the other person's perception. I can't speak so much for my husband, but I know that I've learned to respect him so much more and to value his input in things. Not that I didn't before, but in some things, I may have pushed off what he was saying without realizing that much of what we do should be a collaborative effort. I've developed a great deal more respect for his knowledge and understanding of things. And, perhaps most importantly, I've learned how to hold on to those feelings of adoration and love that I've always had for him. I can get frustrated with him and upset with him and still, underneath that, I know that I truly 100% love and respect and admire him. I remember even when I'm feeling cranky that he's an absolutely amazing person and I'm so lucky to have him!
What an amazing year it's been for us! Heartbreaking, stressful, long year. But you know what? I don't think I would have traded one minute of it!
Monday, August 9, 2010
A Year in Pictures
Tomorrow is Lily's one year Dia-Birthday. I'm feeling a bit sad and reflective tonight. It's been quite a year. Rather than spending my time writing a post that I don't really feel like writing (I'm just not feeling like talking tonight), I thought I'd share with all of you some pictures from the past year. I've been looking at them and wondering if other people see the things in them that I do. So, the year in pictures:
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What a difference a year makes! As much as I wish Lily weren't diabetic and that she didn't have to deal with this for the rest of her life, I wouldn't trade her for the world. To me, she's perfect just as she is and I thank God every day that I was given such a precious, wonderful gift!
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Lily, one month before diagnosis
Two weeks before diagnosis
Lily, the day of diagnosis
Lily, two weeks after diagnosis
Lily, two months after
Lily, three months after
Lily, one year later
Thursday, August 5, 2010
A quickie or two
I need to get some sleep tonight, so I can't do a long blog. But I have some thoughts on my mind. Excuse me if the topics jump around a bit, but I know I won't sleep if I don't clear them from my head first!
You know what having a diabetic preschooler is like? It's like playing a game with someone who constantly changes the rules of the game. It seriously drives me nuts some days! Lily was doing great for a while. We figured out that at night, when we give her a correction, we need to back off from what the Bolus Wizard tells us to give her or she'd crash. That went on for a good month. And then, all of a sudden, it wasn't working anymore. She was skyrocketing all night long. So we went to giving her the full correction. She still woke up high. A few weeks of getting up every couple of hours to correct her. And now we're back to backing off of the correction during the night and she's waking up in the normal range in the morning. Oh, how I wish we could have just a month or two where things would go just right and she'd feel fantastic and not be on the constant roller-coaster ride that is the pattern for a pint-sized diabetic's blood sugars!
20 questions....do you ever play this game with your children? I read a blog earlier today, and I can't even remember the blog's name or anything, but it seriously worried me. As a diabetic myself, I know I can be a bit touchy about things. The person writing the blog was complaining about not getting enough communication from her child. Asking the pre-teen child questions and getting the "I don't know" or mumbled answer that a child that age would typically give. It brought back some rough memories for me. And I just wanted to take a moment to say to all the other d-moms out there....please, please, please try to resist the urge to play this game with your child over his or her blood sugars! "You're high? Well, how come? Did you eat something you shouldn't have? Did you forget to take your insulin earlier?" Etc, etc, etc. You know how that all goes. You analyze everything, every move, every morsel of food, everything! As hard as it is, try to accept high blood sugars as a fact of life at times, correct them and move on. Seriously. As your kids get older, they will learn the consequences of their actions so much better than you could ever imagine. But playing 20 Questions over why their blood sugars are the way they are at the pre-teen/teen stages will just make them more combative and angrier than they already are. It's a natural state of mind at those ages, no need to add to it, right?
My last thought for the day....it's getting to be that time of year again. The back-to-school sales are being plastered everywhere you look, summer is starting to wind down, and parents are getting ready to return to the same old school routine that they take so much comfort in. My children aren't school-aged yet, but it still has me thinking....you know what they need to come up with next for diabetic children and their moms? I want them to add a feature on to one of these Continuous Blood Glucose Meters. They need to figure out a way for these meters to magically beam the numbers off to mom or dad, no matter where they may be. How fantastic would that be? Anytime you're worried about your child at school and what his or her BGs might be at the moment, you can just look at a little screen and it'll tell you what the BG is at the moment and if it's going up or down. It'd be fantastic! Maybe they can work on that before I have to send Lily off to school. I'd say they should come up with an app for the iPhone, but I don't have an iPhone. Still, it'd be a great feature, wouldn't it?
Oh, one last little thing. I got the best thing in the mail today. A thank you card from Sue. She's the one I sent the lilac colored scarf with the flowers off to. It made me so happy to hear that she enjoyed the scarf and was looking forward to wearing it! Thank you cards are awesome, and so rarely used now! Really, they're one of those things that we should all work on bringing back!
Okay, off to bed! May you all have wonderfully peaceful, beautiful dreams and a full 8-hours of sleep!
You know what having a diabetic preschooler is like? It's like playing a game with someone who constantly changes the rules of the game. It seriously drives me nuts some days! Lily was doing great for a while. We figured out that at night, when we give her a correction, we need to back off from what the Bolus Wizard tells us to give her or she'd crash. That went on for a good month. And then, all of a sudden, it wasn't working anymore. She was skyrocketing all night long. So we went to giving her the full correction. She still woke up high. A few weeks of getting up every couple of hours to correct her. And now we're back to backing off of the correction during the night and she's waking up in the normal range in the morning. Oh, how I wish we could have just a month or two where things would go just right and she'd feel fantastic and not be on the constant roller-coaster ride that is the pattern for a pint-sized diabetic's blood sugars!
20 questions....do you ever play this game with your children? I read a blog earlier today, and I can't even remember the blog's name or anything, but it seriously worried me. As a diabetic myself, I know I can be a bit touchy about things. The person writing the blog was complaining about not getting enough communication from her child. Asking the pre-teen child questions and getting the "I don't know" or mumbled answer that a child that age would typically give. It brought back some rough memories for me. And I just wanted to take a moment to say to all the other d-moms out there....please, please, please try to resist the urge to play this game with your child over his or her blood sugars! "You're high? Well, how come? Did you eat something you shouldn't have? Did you forget to take your insulin earlier?" Etc, etc, etc. You know how that all goes. You analyze everything, every move, every morsel of food, everything! As hard as it is, try to accept high blood sugars as a fact of life at times, correct them and move on. Seriously. As your kids get older, they will learn the consequences of their actions so much better than you could ever imagine. But playing 20 Questions over why their blood sugars are the way they are at the pre-teen/teen stages will just make them more combative and angrier than they already are. It's a natural state of mind at those ages, no need to add to it, right?
My last thought for the day....it's getting to be that time of year again. The back-to-school sales are being plastered everywhere you look, summer is starting to wind down, and parents are getting ready to return to the same old school routine that they take so much comfort in. My children aren't school-aged yet, but it still has me thinking....you know what they need to come up with next for diabetic children and their moms? I want them to add a feature on to one of these Continuous Blood Glucose Meters. They need to figure out a way for these meters to magically beam the numbers off to mom or dad, no matter where they may be. How fantastic would that be? Anytime you're worried about your child at school and what his or her BGs might be at the moment, you can just look at a little screen and it'll tell you what the BG is at the moment and if it's going up or down. It'd be fantastic! Maybe they can work on that before I have to send Lily off to school. I'd say they should come up with an app for the iPhone, but I don't have an iPhone. Still, it'd be a great feature, wouldn't it?
Oh, one last little thing. I got the best thing in the mail today. A thank you card from Sue. She's the one I sent the lilac colored scarf with the flowers off to. It made me so happy to hear that she enjoyed the scarf and was looking forward to wearing it! Thank you cards are awesome, and so rarely used now! Really, they're one of those things that we should all work on bringing back!
Okay, off to bed! May you all have wonderfully peaceful, beautiful dreams and a full 8-hours of sleep!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Even worse than pity...
Your comments got me thinking about all the things that people have said to me over the years when they find out that I'm diabetic or that Lily is diabetic. Oh, people can be so uninformed and scary sometimes! Their comments can really leave you speechless and feeling like a freak sometimes. So I thought I'd share with you my absolute favorite comment that I hear so often:
You have to give yourself/your child shots? Oh my gosh, I could NEVER do that!
Seriously, this is my absolute favorite comment. I love hearing it because it makes me laugh every darn time. I swear, people just don't think before their comments fly right out of their mouths. Do they imagine that I've never been afraid of needles? That my child isn't afraid of needles? That she's never cried, run the other way, screamed that she didn't want to be poked? I remember one particular incident with Lily, the day after she was diagnosed. She was in the hospital still and they'd been using her toes for her blood sugar checks. Toddler fingers are so incredibly tiny! One of the nurses that we really liked walked into our room, smile on her face, greeted us and then turned to greet Lily, while reaching down to tickle Lily's foot. Oh my, I'm sure her scream was heard several floors above and below us!
So here's why I love this comment in particular...until you experience this for yourself, you have no concept of what you could and will do to make sure your child stays safe and healthy, to make sure you stay safe and healthy. I've had some rough times in the past (I'll share them with you someday soon) and I can guarantee you, even someone who is deathly afraid of needles will pick one up and jab it into their own flesh or the flesh of their child when faced with the choice between that needle or death. Death by diabetes is not something anyone would want. And honestly, from my own experiences with it, I can tell you that it's not something you'd even wish on the worst person you know! Long before a person got to that point, they'd pick up that needle. When it comes down to it, we face our fears, the worst of our fears, in order to achieve survival for ourselves and our children. It's amazing how we willingly do what we never thought we could when we're given such a choice!
Off to test Lily one last time before I turn in for the night!
You have to give yourself/your child shots? Oh my gosh, I could NEVER do that!
Seriously, this is my absolute favorite comment. I love hearing it because it makes me laugh every darn time. I swear, people just don't think before their comments fly right out of their mouths. Do they imagine that I've never been afraid of needles? That my child isn't afraid of needles? That she's never cried, run the other way, screamed that she didn't want to be poked? I remember one particular incident with Lily, the day after she was diagnosed. She was in the hospital still and they'd been using her toes for her blood sugar checks. Toddler fingers are so incredibly tiny! One of the nurses that we really liked walked into our room, smile on her face, greeted us and then turned to greet Lily, while reaching down to tickle Lily's foot. Oh my, I'm sure her scream was heard several floors above and below us!
So here's why I love this comment in particular...until you experience this for yourself, you have no concept of what you could and will do to make sure your child stays safe and healthy, to make sure you stay safe and healthy. I've had some rough times in the past (I'll share them with you someday soon) and I can guarantee you, even someone who is deathly afraid of needles will pick one up and jab it into their own flesh or the flesh of their child when faced with the choice between that needle or death. Death by diabetes is not something anyone would want. And honestly, from my own experiences with it, I can tell you that it's not something you'd even wish on the worst person you know! Long before a person got to that point, they'd pick up that needle. When it comes down to it, we face our fears, the worst of our fears, in order to achieve survival for ourselves and our children. It's amazing how we willingly do what we never thought we could when we're given such a choice!
Off to test Lily one last time before I turn in for the night!
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