The faster I go, the behinder I get!

Can't catch up ... no decorations .. only five cards sent ...

CLOSE OUT THE YEAR ???? HA ... never happen! Why does everyone get sick at the same time ....

I'm dancing as fast as I can............................. hurry, someone throw out that dance card!

the cool scale

HLA , Genetics and GUILT

WOW oh Wow oh wow oh wow............. I have been studying (or trying to) the possible Genetic link to diabetes. I truly DON'T understand half of what I read ... but I'm a Pit-Bull when it comes to Care Giving, and, as my husband has been having serious health problems since age 47, I have schlepped him from one Specialist to another and picked up more books than the Public Library!





So, Grandpa Bill is HLA Positive ... some B-27 gene effected causing him to have a cavalcade of disorders ... the most recent is Lupus Anti-Coagulating Disorder (??) which is NOT Lupus but it causes Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT's) which are a REAL BUMMER!





Being HLA Pos, he has a 50/50 change of passing the Gene to Amy ... and Amy has a 50/50 chance of passing to her issues and so on and so forth ... NOW, if I understand the explanation, if there is an extra allele present, it's almost an 90% chance of developing diabetes!





Bill and I were discussing it ... and of course, he feels terrible that he may have passed on this gene ... it also makes me wonder, as the "Family Cemetery Plot" in Ludington , Michigan, has a whole section MARKED "Children and Babies" ... can you believe it? No names ... just a head stone marked ...so sad!





I guess NOTHING is going to change the diagnoses ..but, it helps to understand why or MAYBE why...and definitely an advantage when a CURE for certain types of diabetes is isolated. The "fanatic" in me wants to have ALL the G-kids tested for this Genetic Link .... but to what end? Just more to worry about I guess ... so, I'm not even going to approach the issue. The Family, with the exception of me, wants to pretend that the G-Child is no different from anyone else. I believe this is a mistake ... but I, too, don't want her to grow up thinking she's a victim .... but she NEEDS to know that her very life hangs in the balance of keeping her BG in order (something that she doesn't understand at this point and doesn't care about). Like so many blogs I follow, her numbers have been all over the board in the past two weeks ...and no one has wanted to deal with it ... even ME! I'm just not up to the "fight" it might cause .... the ONLY good thing about the past 14 days is FINALLY ...Amy is LOGGING food and insulin and BG #'s !!!! You have NO idea how it helps to trend the BG when you write down everything consumed and all the injections and times given ..... let's hope she maintains this journal I made for her 8 months ago! (I've been trying to journal over the phone, but its hit and miss at best!)



I got Amy a very COOL diabetic scale that gives a complete Nutritional Label for over 1000 different food items ... its so cool, I just know (and pray) she'll use it! and it remembers up to 100 entries! (Heidi D-Tales, Thank you for the wonderful idea!)

OFF to Tennis!! just write LOSER across my forehead! boohoo!!

FANATIC

That would be me ... the whole Family thinks I'm a crazed, diabetic NUT-JOB.....

SO SAD .... TOO BAD ...

No one wants to pull their head(s) out of the sand and see what is going to happen to our D-Darling if someone doesn't start taking this serious!

I ONLY wanted to take her to the LomaLinda Children's Diabetic Clinic for a fun outing with other kids! Kids who PUMP ... kids who don't pump ... fun learning activities and LESSONS for little ones on logging and making their OWN DAILY routine(s) FUN FUN FUN .... and also to see that its NOT SO TRAGIC! Other 7 year olds give them self shots ... no big deal ... its an awareness issue and a definite confidence booster!

More later ...after TENNIS ... hope I win!

I LOST POOH

Someone please advise

OK ... so the D-child is HERE and both sets of G-Parents are in charge of her care ... (not my idea) .... BUT PLEASE HELP ME ....

Problem ... other D-G'ma has her for next five days and when I asked how her numbers were, she smiled and told me JUST PERFECT ... Wow, I was impressed!! After a bit more conversation she told me her secret for keeping numbers in range ... SHE IS ONLY FEEDING HER SIRLOIN PATTIES ...THAT'S IT! BREAKFAST LUNCH & DINNER.... She thought it was smart to just not give her carbs...

I know this is not the way!! OMG OMG ... I don't want to cause a Family Feud .. my hubby said to keep my nose out of it ...but, once again, I haven't been able to sleep from the worry of five straight days of protein only ... Please pray for our little Ashlee!

Home Again Home Again Jigity Jig

I don't know what day it is ..... I am in a BRAIN CLOUD! I know I picked up the Arkansas Gang on Thursday at the Grapes-O-Wrath Airlines in LAX ... God directed me to the Airport with visions of "light" telling me to count the minutes and in SEVEN I would be there! (AND I WAS THERE in SEVEN MINUTES!)

The son-in-law drove us back to PS ...all the while playing with his "droid", texting, talking and GPS'ing! I was very near having a stroke from the waves of fear and just clutching to my beloved Romeo for dear life! The D-child was OUT ... dead silent and I feared her BG was very lo ... but didn't want to voice any opinion or offend the family in anyway.

The following day, my mom called and said she needed me to take her to ER. (My mother NEVER asks me to take her ANYWHERE so I KNEW THIS WAS BAD) She didn't want to call 911 because she knows I know how to treat her diabetes and most ER folks really don't have a clue with Adult T-1's. I drove the 35 miles to her home ... deciding midway that I was going to bring her to Palm Springs Hospital* until the issue could be resolved. (I knew she was having a hyponatremic event which can only be resolved by hospitalization.)

* Mother didn't want to come to PS Hospital ....

Reader's Digest Version: I had my mom at THREE different hospitals within a 30 hour period (in addition to the Urgent Care I took her to to get a PRE-Admission to the hospital and the first liter of Potassium Chloride). The first Hospital (now remember, she already had been admitted via the UC doctor!) told me to take her to their ER 1st ...then they would admit her. That ER room filthy dirty, all kinds of hazardous waste on the floors, counters and BEDS!!! I gave the ER Doc the records and Admission slip ... she ALREADY HAD an IV in and ready to go ... they then gave her another liter of Potassium Chloride ... and proceeded to start re-doing all of the tests she had JUST HAD at the UC (their affiliate!) I had to go to the Ladies room and when I returned to my Mom ...she was just finishing a HUGE hamburger that a nurse had given her and told her she MUST finish! OMG .... within 10 minutes her BG was 497 and I was freaking out! They refused to allow me to give her a correcting dose of insulin and my mom starting fading in and out of consciousness .... we were in that ER for about 2 hours, I think ...the whole thing is a blurr to me now ... all I remember is after the third time my mom slipped under ... I asked them to remove the IV so I could take her to Loma Linda Hospital (and also give her insulin to bring down the BG). That's when the FIGHT STARTED ... I know my rights and had her ready to go in about 15 minutes ... as I was signing all the medical release info, SOME CONFUSED NURSE HANDED MY TWO PILLS and before I could stop her ...down the hatch they went! The nurse had given her the MEDS for the WOMAN in the bed NEXT to my MOM! It was some kind of anti-biotic and they assured me that it would cause no harm ... and wrote the name of it on the records I was taking!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?????????

Now ...I get mother in the car, it is pouring rain and I covered her with my London Fog Rain Coat and I, of course am soaked! (That's ok ... I can take being cold .. mother can't!) I call ahead to Loma Linda and get Mom Pre-admitted ...once again! Groovy! No more problems!

WRONG WRONG WRONG ... we get to Loma Linda ER WITH the Pre-Admin Info and just as they start to take Mother ....the admission room is flooded with cops, CHP officers and at least three hand-cuffed men walking and three or four more men bloodied and hand-cuffed to gurneys ...GUNS DRAWN and SHOTGUNS at READY! We were the only people in that admission area and a CHP Officer took us to a holding room and said they'd be back for Mother once they cleared the admission area of the gun-shot-victims!!

I kept checking Mom's BG ...I knew she was still in fading in and out and I really didn't know what to do, other than pray for her safety! ..... I guess I don't need to tell you that they FORGOT ABOUT US! At 4:30 AM ...in tears ... I went to the admissions desk and asked how much longer before my Mom was admitted ... horrified, the ER Nurse got my Mom into a "room" (if you can call a broom closet a room) and said the Doctor would need to see her before they sent her upstairs (to start treatment). At 5:45 am, this PISSED OFF, TIRED daughter (me) lifted my mom into a wheel chair and proceed to get the HECK out of there! Of course, NOW they tell me I'm risking her life if I remove her from THEIR care (WHAT CARE? they had done nothing and she was NOW having chest pains!)

I don't know how I did it ...but I got her back to Palm Springs (where I should have come in the FIRST PLACE) and they proceeded to stabilize her electrolytes and potassium levels. At 3pm they assured me she was stable, didn't need to be admitted , and to take her home and keep an eye on her BG for the next 24 hours .... HOORAY ...I can finally sleep!

At our Condo ...I make Mother comfortable .... and fix my darling hubby something to eat, walk my dogs and just do GENERAL stuff to get ready for the evening. At EXACTLY 5:15 pm I notice my mom is unconscious once again, I check her temp and it's 102.7 ...OMG OMG OMG! I get as much covering off her as I dare ...and her temp drops to 101.5 but she is shaking uncontrollably ... back to PS ER!!!!! At this point I'm running on adrenalin ONLY ... but the Doc at PS ER had me bring her directly to HIM, and bless his heart, he realized that the PILLS given by the 1st ER needed to be flushed from her system as well as keeping keeping her electrolytes in balance while her blood was flushed. The rest of the night is blurry ...all I know is that they put mother in the VIP ER Room ... a place they reserve for celebrities and presidents, where every piece of equipment you could ever need is IN THE ROOM .... he did EVERYTHING except a spinal tap to make sure that nothing was missed this time ...and that we were truly dealing with hyponatremia! After about 6 liters of something (along with the tests) my mom was her old self again by 9 am the next morning!

to be continued when my blood pressure goes down! ♥

My darling Ashlee !!!

PALM SPRINGS!

To the Arkansas Gang ...this is HOT weather!

To us old Desert Rats...
we're freezing!

The kids went to the park to play this afternoon (PS is NOT known for its "kid friendly" features! )

PALM SPRINGS: HOME OF THE NEWLY WEDS BUT MOSTLY NEARLY DEADS!

Grapes of Wrath Airline

This airline is held together with DuctTape and Plastic Wrap ... !! No JOKE!

Poor Romeo ...Poor Me!

T-Day driving!

Well ..I'm going to pick up the Arkansas GANG tomorrow at Lax! It will be the VERY VERY first Thanksgiving I haven't been able to spend with my Mom ... and it hurts just a little tiny bit. She mentioned today that this was the beginning of getting used to a life without her and I just started crying! She loves (even at her age) to prepare and serve a scrumptious dinner for us!

I'm THANKFUL that we all are healthy ...at lease at present! and, I guess that's all that matters ... I guess I'm just being selfish ...wanting to have as much MOM time as I have left!

Reality Bites

OKAY ...this is going to sound stupid, but I would LOVE to see a NEW Reality program on Discovery about a day-in-the-life of a D-mom (or Dad). Think of the awareness it would bring!

I have to say, some of the D-Moms that blog are funnier than Joan Rivers and are able to dance faster than a cat on a hot tin roof! Amazing women!

I know the "show" would be much more interesting than shooting 'gators in the head or watching 19 children sew skirts out of pants. (I do love that family, however!) Maybe I'll email Discovery and submitt some of my favorite Blogs!

Road Trip with Your T1

I have to give credit where credit is due! Our Amy is a rock ...strong and solid, nothing bothers her (at least, that she lets show) . 18 Hour Road Trip to S.C. (one-way!) with hubby (co-pilot), one tween, Alexa and one 7 year old T1, our Ashlee!!

Our little T1 ran the gambit of numbers from extreme highs to way-to-lows ... throwing large amounts of ketones, a throw up here and there ... Amy is a rock! I would have been hopelessly banging my head against the wall ... but she is calm and sure and seems to ride it all out!

In looking back at Ashlee's W/E numbers, we were trying to figure out just what happened. (Two heads are always better than one!) I think it REALLY boils down snack eating (when no adult is around) which lead to the highs and that ketone business (no insulin to make "Gas", so her body started burning that good'ol protein for fuel!)

Kids are kids and you need to let them BE KIDS ... that means running in and out and grabbing something quick to munch. Ashlee needs to know its OKAY to eat "wrong" foods sometimes ... just to TELL someone so insulin can be given cover! NO one will be mad .. it was supposed to be a Get-a-Way Weekend with just a touch of business thrown in! And that's what it was ... FUN for ALL ... The boys went to the Duke/Princeton Basket Ball game while the ladies had a lovely dinner out .. no kiddies! Good for them! Ashlee's #'s would have had me in a tailspin. Guess that's why I'm NOT the D-Mom!!

FRUSTRATION

Why does everyone think that Diabetes is self induced disease caused by bad eating habits? Even reading World News today, which SHOULD be focused on AWARENESS ... 90% of the articles I READ focused on CHANGING eating habits and exercising regularly will end diabetes. It's this tunnel vision focused on T2 that is hurting the funding to find a cure for T1 ...

I am overwhelmed and frustrated by this ignorance ... sometimes I just want to give up!
{{{{{heavy sigh}}}}}

Pumping YES NO MAYBE

Well ... the verdict is in, no pumping for my 75 year old mom ... boo hoo. I can't even say how much this bothers me .... but , nothing I can do, it was just to overwhelming for her.

POLO, AMY and the girls are on-their-way to S. Carolina !!! WHAT??? 18 hour drive. Thank goodness for all those car DVD thing-y's! The boys are on their own ... (sounds so strange to me) Oldest Christian, is at B-Ball Camp and Baby-Cameron is spending the weekend with his play buddie, what fun!

Christian and Cameron via Computer CAM ...How horrid!

That being said , let's get back to COMPLAINING ... about the Wonder-Pump! I read and follow many Diabetic Blogs or rather, families LIVING with Diabetes Blogs. 100% of the Blogs I've read ... those families and persons are all PUMPING ... and it makes me, ONCE AGAIN, question the Endo in charge of Ashlee's care! I'm sorry, maybe it's something unknown to me, maybe they wait a year to Rx a Pump? Amy HAS asked and, if I remember correctly, her Endo didn't think Ashlee qualified for pump. Am I missing something? THIS IS the FIRST CASE of Juvenile Diabetes in our family. I wasn't aware that there were different levels of T1 ... I'm so confused. I only want what is best (and SAFEST) for this Baby Girl, Lord only knows shots are no problem for me ..(or Amy) but, if the technology is out there, so we don't have to give shots ...........OH BUMMER , I can't put this into words anymore

I'm so tired of being the ONLY ONE in this family who cares about the life long effects of DIABETES ... we've all got to do more, raise money, get involved with local "D" programs and fund raisers ... I haven't been able to convince ANYONE (in our family) to JOIN IN ...it will be FUN ...and help lead to a CURE ... Larry, please gossip about this blog, OKAY?!

Parental Software??

Romeo has been disguising himself and going into POODLE CHAT ROOMS .... any of you YOUNGER moms out there know of a good software for Parental Control on PC and / or Handheld devices??

Tennis Elbow...oh pooh

So the hubby of 27 years (who really knows me) is INSISTING I get a shot in my elbow.

ARE YOU NUTS??? THAT IS NOT WHO I AM ...NO NO NO NO NO

OK Larry .... since I know you read my blog, tell Bill to LEAVE ME ALONE ...NO SHOTS and I will play NO MORE than two sets per day.... DONE!

Oh, and LARRY ... don't exaggerate or expand on ANYTHING I write ...thank you very much!

I Love HR !

Oh his little heart is failing and I just can't bear it! He ate his food this morning and it took him almost an hour! Little Romeo hearts beats like :

Bump-Bump Bump-Bump ...perfect rhythm ... Chloe beats same ... then my HR~~~~~~~~

Sounds like Bump-swoosh swoosh BumpBumpBump Swooooooooshhhh



I know its bad bad bad ..... I just can't let him go, the little Rascal! He's taking an ACE Inhibitor and I'm wondering if he may need a Beta-Blocker instead ... Vets are ALMOST as BAD as Doctors! Rush em in ...collect the moo-laa and don't let the door hit-your-booty on the WAY OUT!! What to do What to do What to do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Protecting ALL Children

Man-O-Manischewitz! I don't know how I got here ... but I'm seeing the WWW as a feeding ground for predators. I've had a computer for 12, maybe 15 years ... AND NOT ONCE (well, once) have I seen anything torrid, pornographic or illegal. I guess it's all in how you USE the computer /how you search /and being consistent in your searches.

THAT BEING SAID: All of our Grand - kids are home schooled via the Internet and it seems to work very well for them through a "network" of home-school'ers and the sharing of curriculum's, etc. I never thought twice about it. The G-kids are Gamers, Twitters and I-Touch Users! Clever kids! Only the oldest three, Christian, who is 12, Alexa, who just turned 11, Ashlee, my D-girl, who is 7 love being online. Cameron, who is five, doesn't seem to be wacky about anything other than TRANSFORMERS! THEN THE BIEBERFACATION STARTED AND I FOUND THAT PEOPLE WERE ENTICING BIEBER FANS TO "COME CHAT WITH ME ABOUT JUSTIN" via TWITTER.... luring into lude, nude & crude chat-rooms ...B:L:U:K. Makes me wanna throw up! My Alexa is only 11 ... and I got the link from her TWITTER. It scared me to death!

To make things worse, they had a 10 minute "Special" on our local news last night about tweens & teens sextexting (?) and THEN BLACKMAILING the "victim" (who was dumb enough to play the game) into all sorts of things. From SEX to HOMEWORK! Here in our little town! (and across the country)

Amy, our D-Mom, has STOPPED all Internet use until this can be figured out. She not computer literate, she thinks its a waste of time ....other than doing school work!

ANYONE know what software polices this stuff?

OVERWHELMED by Diabetes

I was chit-chatting with "our little Poops" (that would be daughter Amy, who, since about 10, we've called her Amy-Poopski or "The Poops", but that's another blog). The conversation lingered on ... and she said she had something she needed to tell Me (us) ... she is very protective of her Dad (my husband, Bill) as he has had MAJOR health problems since age 48 ... he is 70 now. We don't ever lie to him ...but we are careful when we tell him "bad news" as the STRESS causes him to have TIA's and more! We basically try to keep Bill in a bubble ...of Happiness as his disease has progressed over the past 30 years.

Anyway, I could feel the fear welling up inside of me...NO NO NO I can't take anymore, I just knew she was going to say that another g-child had the Evil-D or WORSE...EVIL-C !!! The tears were starting to bubble up in my face .... when she said "Our new car got totaled last week, we loaned it to a friend to use while I used his car to go pick up Alexa in Dallas" (or something like that). I have NEVER been so relieved in my whole life! NO DIABETES!!! No Cancer! woohoo!!

I know it's a pain to have to go out and get another car for their Family (7 person vehicle!) BUT it's ALL GOOD ... Insurance paid them MORE than they paid for the car! and I just know that God is going to provide them with an even BETTER SUV (that's what they want)!

I just praise GOD that NO ONE WAS HURT and NO ONE ELSE has the EVIL-D!!!!!!

Finally came! ...Alexa (the one with the HUGE handbag) and her cousin, Hailey (in purple shirt) with the BIEBS ... Bieber Fever is NOW ENDED ... ~Fini~

Chasing those mid-day lows ....

11-4-2010

wake-up........................291

12:45p.............................52

4:15p.............................389

5:50p.............................231

6:45p.............................121

7:10p.............................152

11:30p...........................235

11-5-2010

wake-up 9a....................216

10:30a............................205

12:50p.............................47

6:00p.............................173

7:45p..............................69

8:45p...........................127

11-6-2010

Wake-up 7:50a..............281

10:30a............................223

12:40p.............................57

1:00p...............................78

3:30p..............................172

9:30p...............................77

11-7-2010

Wake-up 8:45a..............281

12:30p............................114

1:00p...............................48

before lunch reading

Amy is going to email or "text" (that's the latest thing, I guess) their Endo today and ask about REVERSING the doses of Levimir ... Instead of giving 9 units AM and 3 units at bedtime, give 3u AM and 9u bedtime. Maybe stop the morning HIGHS and mid-day LOWS ...

It's certainly not easy being a vital organ! She is in month NINE of being Ashlee's Pancreas ... and I know how frustrating it is for her!
I know she can do it! She is really quite a clever girl! Our little Amy-Poopski isn't so little anymore! Wish I could take this burden for her!

Amy ..age16

Catalina Island

didn't want me to take this photo!

Isn't she cute!

MOEN

I did it ... installed all new plumbing under the sink ... AND WITH MY TENNIS ELBOW!

Pam the Plumber, that'd be ME!!

Saved ME $250

smack-a-roos!

Draft to Mary Bono-Mack

Ok ..so this is a draft. My neighbor is a retired ENGLISH teacher, I'm going to have HIM correct my spelling and grammar ... I know, I get real word-y! Oh POOH

Just click on the page and you can see full size, I think!

I'm tired of the Evil D today!

LET'S GET OUT A PAD AND PEN !!!!!

After reading Meri's post about her son's autoimmune skin and such disorders (all caused by EVIL D) and Sweet Joe's Christmas Wish ... I got MAD .... I don't mean angry or upset ... anyone who knows me, knows I don't ever use bad language, but I started last night! Circling my condo thinking and cursing OUT-LOUD !! Only the pets heard, thank goodness! but EVEN they were scared of me!☺

THIS IS A CALL TO ARMS D-BLOGGER(s) : here's what I'm going to do: type out a "sample letter" to send / give to all my friends and neighbors to HAND-WRITE out a personal letter to their district Congress Person (Mary Bono-Mack for me).

I am not trying to point any fingers here .... but some Endocrinologists are jaded about diabetes and ALL the little (I say jokingly) disorders that go with it! SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG HERE .. in my case, my D-Grandchild's Endo says he doesn't Rx RESCUE KITS !!!! F-Him! (Thank you, Reyna!)It's not our baby's fault that his brain is T2 wired (less than 2% of his patients are KIDS w/T1). Small town mentally, I guess! My Mom's Endo pooh-pooh's her yearly 'bouts of hyponatremia! Every D-Care Person knows what I mean, knows the frustration of doctor(s) not ordering EVERY test available for [whatever] symptom is presented. WE NEED THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO BACK US UP, REGARDLESS OF THE ADDED COST TO INSURANCE COMPANIES OR STATE-AID AGENCIES OR PAPER WORK COSTS!! That's right, some doctors actually advise the patient or parent that the added cost [to his/her] office personnel to do all the paperwork required by most all insurance companies and HMO's, etc. is just too excessive!

We need to flood our Representatives' Office with {nice} DEMANDS for better research and a CURE. Believe me, the more letters they receive the higher their priority will be in Washington when approached by Lobbyists for Insurance and Drug Companies ... believe me, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! I WILL POST A COPY OF MY SAMPLE LETTER WHEN ITS DONE ... MAYBE ANY OF YOU WHO SEE THIS BLOG WILL DO THE SAME.

Letters that are "hand-written" definitely receive greater weight than letters that appear to be "form" or "bulk" mailing !!! I know this from FIRST HAND experience!

It's the least we can do for National Diabetes Month!

Wednesday 11-3-2010

Wake-up 9:00a.............192

12:30p............................302

2:20p...............................66

3:15p...............................132

5:20p...............................268

8:30p...............................238

no correction at Bedtime...just 3 u of Levimir

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Thursday 11-04-2010

Wake-up..............291

9 u Levimir & 2u Humalog

**IMO should have received correction @

bedtime 11-3-2010

but I'm not the Mom!
PS: Ashlee has been fighting some "bug" past day or so
and we all know how that can effect the BG!
Did I say I HATE diabetes?

Chasing numbers ...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

November 1st

Wake-up ........ 172
10:15a ....... 146
1:45p ........ 55
5:30p ...... 206
8:05p ....... 101
10:00p ....... 104

11-2-2010

Wake-up ........ 163
12:00p ........... 60
12:45p ........... 127
3:45p ............. 230
5:15p ............. 242
6:00p ............ 144
7:30p ............. * 77

* Not a good "bedtime" #

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No Intake or bolus information

Morning receives 9 u Levimir

Bedtime receives 3 u Levimir

Ashlee uses the Insulin pens
Her regular is Humalog

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The Myrnx has given up on the Pump altogether! Her Endo (we saw yesterday) said some older T1's just aren't able to deal with technology

Buy it for LIFE

I love Moen! My kitchen sink played a "Noah" on me last night and FLOODED the kitchen! Handy person that I am ...I pulled everything apart and found the problem-o! (Saving myself a $85 Service Call!)

Called Moen this morning at 6:30 am Cali Time ... the girl was so efficient! Is sending me TWO different parts (just in case) and is FED-EXing so I'll have only ONE day without kitchen water!

It PAYS to buy the best, no doubt! This Moen faucet is at least ten years old and ANYTIME I have a problem ... parts are delivered OVERNIGHT ~~~NO QUESTIONS!

I ♥♥♥ MOEN

Why I lurk around your blog(s) ☺

A while back I blogged about D-MOMS but I feel the need to THANK YOU ALL once again!

My D-Granddaughter is of constant concern to me. I wish Amy (our D-Mom) was more like you darling girls. I can't tell you how many sleepless nights I've had all because of my [first hand]knowledge of the D-Care Ashlee is getting. Her numbers are BAD ...very bad! If not WAY TO LOW they are way TO HIGH. They DO NOT check her night BG at all. They don't have a Glucagon Rescue Kit (Amy said the Endo doesn't think it's necessary and that he doesn't Rx' them.) I could go on and on ... the bottom line is Amy and her husband REALLY don't realize how serious T1 is ... I'm not kidding.

A 13 year old T1 died a week or so ago from the "Dead in Bed Syndrome". (My Co-G-Ma asked me NOT to mention it at all to Amy, said it might frighten her!) I know so many of you, like myself, were hit very hard by this ever present REALITY!!! I think our daughter's response (although it DID bother her) was basically that it happened in Australia and the US has a much better level of diabetic care. That may be true, thankfully, but it can still happen to ANYONE, ANYWHERE.

Please don't get me wrong ...I am the first to PRAY DAILY that Ashlee will be cured! I BELIEVE that Jesus Christ died for me and that NOTHING is impossible for those who believe in his name. But, I also believe that we must live each day and not "dilly dally" around waiting for God to do a "miracle" for me ... or you ... or Amy ... or Ashlee! We need to JOYFULLY accept the life He hasn't chosen to give us ...and the path He has chosen us to walk.

Anyway, for those of you who've wondered why some goofy old lady is following your blog(s) now you know! Most of you girls (and your husbands) are Amy's age ... I think you're mostly "Thirty-Something" (one of my favorite TV shows of the 90's) and I have learned so much I have been able to SHARE with her. I love you all and feel like you're MY girls, too!

God Bless you all and your Families and, please, KEEP BLOGGING. I am SURE I'm not the only person reading all your helpful information and sharing with someone else! And a SPECIAL ♥THANK YOU♥ to "The Princess and the Pump" ! You were the VERY first Blog I found many, many months ago (while doing research on Dexcom CGM), through YOU, Darling Hallie, I found all the other D-Moms I follow!

Evil-D The Real World

Back to the REAL WORLD .... I was sent this website and can't tell you how excited the three home page videos (which is as far as I got) made me. I take my Mom to the Endo at Loma Linda Diabetes Clinic on Thursday and I'm loaded and re-invigorated with research questions. She (my mom) is going to TRY the pump one more time ... if she can't handle it, we'll be done with it ... too bad, too, her numbers were PERFECT on the pump! ( She is only trying the pump again because I cried and begged her to ... I want her to live as long as possible!)

The Myrnx at our last Endo visit
I wonder if all Adult Onset T1's have issues with the pump or if it's just the one's over 70 ?? Evil-D screws up your thinking process, no mater what your age, but its been very hard for my mom to handle all the settings and stuff with the pump ...and she had lessons for two months prior to starting it! Oh well, Lord knows, I'm trusting that everything will just fall into place!

The Concert ... No Evil-D Allowed!

Here are the "Bieber Twins" & Romeo

These two wonderful young ladies, sisters Jessica and Stephanie, looked out for the G-Child, Alexa and her cousin Hailey ... for most of the concert (while inside the venue). I can't thank them enough! They were also winners of concert tickets and meet and greet ..so it was perfect for me (and Romeo) and Cousin Hailey! If I hadn't had the older girls to "look-out" for my two ten-year-olds ...I would have had to accompany Alexa and Hailey would have missed this very SPECIAL NON-D fun!!

I'm not fooling myself, Alexa was tickled pink that Hailey was with her instead of me!! I'm just so happy for them both ...but if I ever hear the name JUSTIN BIEBER again ...I think I'll stroke out!

It was a TWELVE hour day for me and Romeo and its been along time since this old girl did a concert! In fact, my last concert was "California Jam", that fiasco cured me from ever being in crowds EVER AGAIN ...

Anyway, Alexa flew back to Arkansas today and I took a LONG NAP

Another wonderful thing that happened during our week of bonding was that I got to really explain alot about Evil-D to Alexa..and I mean alot of stuff she didn't know! I think she's going home with alot more love and concern for her baby sister AND IF THAT'S ALL that came out of this trip ...IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!! Alexa knows how special she is to us ...just for herself !!

10 ...going on 25!!

and let me tell you, that baby's got booty! J-Lo has nothing on Alexa!

She'd DIE if she new I posted a pic of her bum! Her bum has DOUBLED since this pic was taken in September .. and she is not fat ... just bootyfied!

The Village Idiot

What is happening? This has been the worst, happiest, craziest past seven days in my entire 55 years!

1. Granddaughter got to fly to PS and is GOING to see Justin Bieber.

2.My tennis partner and dear friend Kay's husband passed away Wednesday morning. Just died in the car. (I guess that's the way I'd want to go.)

3. My Co-Grandma had emergency appendectomy last night... OH WOW! While visiting daughter-in-law in Arizona! So they are in a strange area!

4. Our Co-Grandpa (husband of above) fell off a ladder and broke his knee! IN ARIZONA!

5. Grandpa Bill, my husband, will probably fly to Arizona to drive everyone home (when ready).

6. THAT MEANS I AM 100% IN CHARGE OF ALL BIEBER FUN. We were planning on making it a joint Grandma venture, because we BOTH want to witness the JOY of Alexa getting to meet the "Biebs" .

When it rains...it pours. But I still feel blessed by everything! My darling D-Girl, Ashlee, is doing GREAT. My Mom is holding her own. My husband is feeling much, much better (another blog about Bill someday)

and how's your day going ? ? ? ?

Type ONE & 1/2 ?????

Does that mean my mom is a 1.5'er??? Adult onset is being redefined and I'm not sure if I care for it or not. Haven't really thought that much about it. In my mind (which has limited space after 55 years) you can't mix the types .... they are so different.

Now I've got to re-learn this LADA stuff .... oh pooh!

J U S T I N B I E B E R R O C K S [?]

I am to pooped to POP .... but we WON...Praise the Lord! I've got one very HAPPY grandchild !








I gotta go to bed!

AGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Nuf said

Justin Bieber ... I'm in shock!

Well, Alexa and I are set for the Semi-Finals... My girl-friend, Lynn, who is a flight attendant for American Airlines ... got her a flight! She'll arrive in PS Wednesday at 11am and we will head to the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert for the finals! There are 10 semi-finalists and they are giving away 5 sets of tickets, two to each winner, as well as Backstage Pass to MEET the Beib's! So, our chances of WINNING are 50/50 .... 50/50 GREAT ODDS, even by my standards!

Even if WE don't win ...we'll do something fun ...just us girls! My husband is skeptical that it will be a huge let down if we don't win ...and an unhappy memory. The glass is always half-empty with my Darling Bill!

I'll be honest ...I'm scared to DEATH!! Little did I know I'd have to go up on stage as the "technical" Semi-Finalist ... The contest was only open to age 13 and over ... (something NOT disclosed when I entered on Facebook). I'll be this crazy, old lady with hoards of "tween" age girls showing their BIEBER FEVER for the judges! Oh, Lord, what have I gotten myself in for!

We'll be fine ...rain or shine ... win or lose ... we have great HATS!
Someone make sure the EMT's are on hand!

I'll worry about the concert when and IF we win!

This is my beautiful granddaughter, 10 year old Alexa!




Alexa-Lita-Peta-smell-your-feeta-across-the streeta!
She hates it when I say that!

Thank you Reyna and Wendy for the SHOUT-OUT! WOO-HOO

OMIGOSH >>I WON

On a lark ...I entered a contest here in Palm Springs to WIN Justin Beiber MEET AND GREET tickets for Alexa!! The concert is in Ontario CA on the 24th ... 6 days from now!


I can't "belieb'er" it ... but I won (well-her video won) and need to move on to the "semi-finals" . Haven't told Alexa yet ...because I don't know if I can GET HER HERE in time for the Semi-Finals in Palm Desert, CA.


Hard to find airline tickets for unaccompanied minor on such short notice ... even if she loses the Semi-Finals ...it would be a WONDERFUL NON-D experience for her ... back to my airline calls!

WOO-HOO WHOOP-TIE-DO!

PRAY FOR ME .... and Amy (she's working on it, too! We are not telling Alexa yet, don't want her to have YET ANOTHER big disappointment ...!!!)

D-Evil and Justin Bieber!

I shared this article with Amy. Years of un-checked blood sugars and just plain ignorance cost this woman most of her limbs.

We spoke yesterday and I can't even begin to describe the guilt I felt about "kinda" "sorta" IGNORING the fact that there are THREE other grand-children! When I call or see them ... its all about Ashlee. How's her numbers? What'd the Endo say? How's the B.A.N.T. going? ...sometimes for hours on end! Anyway, November 6 is Alexa's 11th Birthday ... Oh, excuse me, it's "Alexa Bieber" or "Beiber2theFever" , I can't keep track of all her pseudo names! ALL SHE WANTS FOR HER B-DAY : to go see Justin Beiber in Concert! Not an easy feat, I'm guessing! Tickets for the Concert nearest them are being scalped at over $900 EACH! Well, we sent her $$ EARLY for her birthday, just in case she does make it to a concert ... we shall see how it all works out. You know, I remember being ten years old ... The BEATLES came to America, I could have cared less! I was a kid who'd rather be with animals than people, guess that's why I DON'T understand any 10 year old CRYING for 8 hours straight...because of a boy she doesn't even know!

Poor Alexa feels left out and HAS since MARCH ... she's taken the back seat (sorta) to a little sister with D-Evil!! Oh, she knows its not Ashlee's fault ...but I see and hear the resentment. So I'm going to make an effort to see if there are any concerts in Cali when they come for business end of November. The kids will be in Palm Springs while Mom and Dad do business in San Diego! Since D-Evil moved in, Ashlee CANNOT be left with just anyone and it would really be hard on the other three if they ONLY brought Ashlee ...so, I'm driving to LAX to pick-them-up! What fun THAT will be! This trip I need to focus on the Non-D-Grandkids!

Looks like I'll be spending the next few hours reseaching Justin Beiber ... but I've got to walk the dogs first!

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My GOOGLE IS FIXED

I don't know what caused it ... but for at least two weeks, every time I turned around I was signed OUT of my Google account ...then, when I'd try to sign in again ... it didn't know me and I had to go thru the whole re-set the password dealio... yada yada yada YOU KNOW THE DRILL! The E-Blogger portion of the account un-remembered my followed blogs ...which was the worst part of the whole fiasco...





but woo hoo doggie-woggies ... it's fixed now ... NUF SAID!

ps: Bob says "HI!" (My 25 pound black cat ...THANK YOU, Jenny Craig!)

Chloe and HR

It's 4:30 am and my old darling "babies" have kept me up ...most of the night. NO Messes ... no vomit ... no diarrhea, for ONCE I wish that was the case. HR and Miss Chloe coughed LONG and HARD ... most of the night. They've had the "old dog" heart cough for a month or so (HR's much worse than Chloe's...but who cares?). I know what it means and I just can't bear losing either of them. Of course dogs don't live forever and people are so much more important .... but, when I look like poop or have a nasty attitude or am JUST plain mean (yes, I do have those days! ☺) THEY are the first to forgive me, love me, kiss me, make me laugh and, well, I just love them!

I've been afraid to make the Vet appointment but I guess there's always the possibility he can increase HR's medication ... I don't know what he can do for Chloe, just have to wait and see.

You know, I'd be the first person to "gently" suggest to a friend, who's pet is obviously in distress, to CONSIDER the obvious but my dogs are DIFFERENT ... they speak English, they know what I'm going to say before I say it ... they are precious souls ... how can I end it??? (You always feel differently when you put ON THOSE SHOES!)

Here they come ... time to EAT .... if I'm awake, it must be breakfast time in their minds ....

more later!

ps: Today is not the day!! I just know that day is coming and I'm blue thinking about it ... I have Romeo ... he's much younger. Chloe and H are not going anywhere YET (except to the vet) ... let's go visit Dr. Steve ..OH BOY , RIDE IN THE CAR ... OH BOY !!!

E blogger

Oh come on .... please Google!! Read ME! .... I can't stay signed in and you keep losing all my favorite Blogs! I NEED them ... what the heck is going on ... I haven't changed so YOU must have!

Now I know what being hooked on coffee is like! I miss reading my D-moms DAILY ... Amy needs the input I glean from their trials and errors! Myrnx has benefited, too! I was able to talk her into splitting her Lantus dose to 2 x daily ... 8 units AM and then 3 units at bedtime (she WAS taking 10 units each morning). AND IT HAS WORKED!! No more morning highs! After Amy learned of the Myrnx's success ... she did the same with Ashlee (against what the Endo had told her) ... and WHA D' YA know .... waking with good numbers! 110 to 158 +/- ...

We've learned from "D-Moms that BLOG" alot of little new tricks ... to fool "D-Evil-One" !!

But if GOOGLE doesn't fix this mess I'm going to shoot myself ... I can't stand not being always on ... and this password changing 17 times a day has GOT TO GO ....

GOOGLE ... Can you hear me now?

I forgot!

Adele ... forgive me ...I forgot to "RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT" on October 1st! Oh pooh! What can I say ????

The pump my Mom started on first part of August has been "fired" by my Mom! (I call her The Myrnx) ... So distressing to me, her numbers were so good (with the pump) I truly believe it would have added years to her life, QUALITY YEARS ... full of fun and being able to scooty-poop around again and do all the fun things we used to love to do! Yard Sales, apple picking in Apple Valley, trips to SeaWorld and the Zoo and so MANY MANY things we did on a regular basis UNTIL the "EVIL D" decided to give The Myrnx "Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy" !!!

I am taking her into the Endo again tomorrow to DISCUSS all of the ramifications of going back to insulin shots. (He only put her on the pump because after 25 plus years of dealing with her T1, she has NEVER been able to really maintain any continuity with the numbers.) The Myrnx is truly a diabetic paradox! Oh well ... I'm so tired out I can't think straight anymore. It is so very very depressing ... AND to top off the whole thing ... The Myrnx's Endo thinks I am her OLDER SISTER every time I meet with him .... that's how much the Evil-D has aged me in the past 7 months ... since Ashlee, the 6-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with T1 also! I don't care, I've earned these wrinkles and, if it really starts bothering me, I am fortunate to live in the Plastic Surgery Mecca of the West Coast! HA HA HA ... Dr.90210, do you give a AAA discount?

I'm going to bed!

Booble

Google .... please stop re-configuring, or WHATEVER it is you're doing .... PLEASE! I loose all my favorite blogs EACH AND EVERY DAY ... BOOBLE!

what to do...what to do ? ? ?

The kids were here from Arkansas for Ryan and Heidei's wedding! Always a treat to get to be with them all. Ashlee (T1 grandchild) is such a treasure and although I shouldn't have favorites, she certainly is the one MOST on my mind, heart and prayers!

I know (from my Mom's T1) that any kind of stress or change can effect the BG, so I shouldn't be concerned with Ashlee's numbers ...BUT I AM! Maybe its "growth spurt" or the trip stress, but that's child's' #'s were all OVER the board. She really could benefit from the pump, but her Endo won't consider Rx'ing it without documented brittle readings. Amy, bless her heart, doesn't log or measure anything. (I'd be crazy with out the numbers in front of me.) She doesn't remember when or if she's given a correction or what Ashlee ate, etc. etc. etc. SHE is just to busy with everything else, so what to do??? She'll never get a pump without logs for Endo to review ... they are coming back next month for a business trip, we'll have them 14 days. I am praying that Ashlee will come with us. I know Amy may change her thinking if we can show an improvement in Ashlee's numbers ... PRAY FOR ME ...

Disability / SS Benefits ??

My question ... to anyone who may read this bog .... does a child with a dx of Type 1 qualify for Social Security / Disability Benefits ?? I READ the publication from SS.gov and it clearly defines Diabetes as a recognized disability HOWEVER Ashlee's application was denied and SS Admin recommended the kids' use a Disability Attorney (even gave them a list of names in their area) to do an appeal.

The reason for the application is not for the added income (that would be nice however), it is for the MEDICARE BENEFITS after the two year waiting period. Their current plan SHOULDN'T be able to cancel or increase premiums .. but YOU KNOW FOR A FACT they WILL !! Additionally, as Ashlee becomes an adult and isn't qualified under Mom and Dad's ... she will basically be uninsurable ... so I want the kids to work on this NOW ... before it even becomes an issue!





It makes me anger the the "Octo-Mom" here in Cali has two or three children on Disability Income (with Medicare/Medical benefits) with a diagnosis of ADD !!!!!(These facts are Public Record!) Hyperactivity is a poor excuse for Disability if you ask me! I've seen 4 out of 5 children corrected of ADD symptoms with diet modification and discipline training! But the "Octo-Mom" is another post! Its really none of my business ... it just makes me upset that my tax dollars are paying for her plastic surgeries, medical benefits and fertility doctors !! No wonder California is in such a $$$ mess!

1st day of the MONTH

Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit

PUMP-HER-UP

Myrnx pump has been OFFICIALLY turned on for three days. I can hear the difference in her voice already. She says she is almost able to sleep through the night, only getting up twice to pee! I just know this is the answer to all of her "brittle" problems. Wish they'd have "pumped-her-up" a few years ago! Maybe she wouldn't have had the heart attack had she been on the PUMP.

We'll never be able to change her personality ... she will always be that "TYPE A", compulsive do-er! God bless her for all she does for everyone in her life, including ME. I just want to become a blessing in her life, help her to overcome the fear of the pump, etc., etc.

The Clara Bee

The Clara Bee had a fire yesterday afternoon. Looks like that is the end of her! I know the Histirical Society was trying to save her ... at least part of her ... now she'll just get bull-dozed.

Enjoy the Dogs ... HR is in hiding until he BATHES!

Romeo!
Chloe

Romeo

Chloe

Romeo and his GF, PEACHES!!

Falling Off

On our morning cruise around the Gates of Sunshine .... Romeo and I enjoying the cooling trend! Beautiful SoCal morning ...

We round the corner for home , pull into (and up) the driveway and S P L A T T - O !!! Down we go! What the heck just happened? Romeo FLEW out of the basket and I landed on one knee! Neither of us was hurt, thank goodness, and for once I was so glad I had forgotten Romeo's "safety harness" ..I think the fall would have broken his back had he had it on.

So, bloody knee and all ... I know this fall was a blessing .... I know NOW that all this safety equipment is not-so-safe! Romeo, my famous and talented Pup, lives to ride another day ... and the "safety stuff" goes into the rubbish!

The BODY Electric!

This post is for my Grand-People-AT-Large! We are a Gaggle of Grandparents! (That's what happens when you have multiple marriages and divorces! ☺) We are truly lucky as our "Gaggle" loves one another and we ARE one big, very happy family ... We embrace the children and grandchildren that we all love so deeply! THAT BEING SAID ....

Some of the "gaggle" are very skeptical of the BANT Theory and the daily exposure to EMF's, the damage it does to our health and long term risks. Well, I have finally found a way to SHOW the "gaggle" what we (Amy, Myrnx and me) are fighting! I'm so exited and it was right in front of my face all these months ...

If you take one of those batteries that have the "testing dots" on them ...(you know, the ones' with a green dot for each thumb), your "body electric" conducts its own current thru the battery, as the conduit and connects the "green line" if the battery is good.

Its NOT a far stretch to believe that some of the bad "currents" in our environment have effects on our health ... could micro-waves cause diabetes? How about radio waves (got Sirius?) or that wonderful warm electric blanket? I just don't know, but I actually know TWO women who have BOTH had tumors on their facial nerve, directly behind the ear, one's was cancerous the other not. Its a fact that brain tumors are on the rise and I believe, along with folks smarter than me, that its a direct result of cell phone use!

Amy has seen REAL positive BG reading in the past few weeks of "experimenting" with the BANT Practitioners' methods! She has now reduced Ashlee's insulin from 1 unit per 15 carbs to 1 unit per 25 carbs! AND she is still slightly low! I am thrilled! and so very proud of her for doing anything and everything to MOVE diabetes out of Ashlee's life!

Diabetes is very SNEEKY ... and it may just be laying-low to give us some false hope and security. Doesn't matter, we will continue to use any tools available to beat this thing! The ONLY thing that will WORK FOR EVERYONE is a CURE. Let's pray they find one but until they do ... get out the tin-foil! ha ha ha ☺

Angel Baby came to VISIT!

Angel & Romeo

Looking Better!

Stitches

Angel Baby is SO MUCH BETTER .... its unbelievable how these little creatures heal so fast! If she was a person ...she would have been laid up for six months or more! I took these pics of her stitches and having lunch with Romeo! (Angel ate three bowls!)

Voodoo Science! B.A.N.T.

BUILDING ANTIBODIES and NEUTRALIZING TOXINS ...

It's working !! It's WORKING!!

I don't know for how long ...

but..

IT IS WORKING!

We have surrounded ourselves with WONDERFUL technologies. What a blessing it is to have information at your finger-tips. But to what end? Everything has a price ... and I believe that we are currently beginning to "pay the price" of our instant gratification.

Amy, we are so proud of you! Don't listen to the negative, just follow that still small voice that IS TELLING you how to manage things!

Gosh, how we LOVE YOU, Darling AMY!!

our little Amy Pooski!

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post script: SCE is shutting off electric for the next four hours. If I never blog again ... someone please come and bury the corpse

A1C ..what does it all mean??

So, Ashlee had her SECOND visit with the Endo today .... A1C was 8.1 ... BUMMER and, I guess she was really acting up (something that is uncharacteristic for Pre-D Ashlee) but, alas SHE WAS OUT OF STRIPS ... zero-zip-nada .. no testing if you got no STRIPS! This is where I get on my soapbox!

ARKids supplies limited, at best, testing strips for any given month .... by the 19th or 20th of the month she is out of strips. (What's today ? Oh, yea, the 20th!) So Amy and Polo have been purchasing the difference for the last 10 to 12 days of the month. As anyone who has diabetes knows ... those friggin-strips are like GOLD! $1.10 to $1.50 each ... depending on where and WHEN you buy them ... (sometimes she runs out and its not convenient to go to one of the discount pharmacies, like WalMart). I think its just plan sinful to charge these already cash-strapped "kids" an extra $75 to $100 bucks at the end of each month! Add that to the ALL ORGANIC , WHOLE FOODS [ B.A.N.T. products (which are working BTW)]... that cost DOUBLE the regular supermarket prices and they are really stretching the family food budget to its limit! Forgive me ... I'm just worried about how they are going to make ends meet with three other children and Ashlee's illness has curtailed Amy's business outings to a minimum...she has to put Ashlee FIRST. So, the burden of keeping up the family income falls on poor Polo, who is working two jobs ON TOP of his Family Business! The Lord gives them the strength to endure and for that, I PRAISE Him!

OK ...back to the A1C ... My mom's has been OK ... between 6.0 and 7.1. This is only Ashlee's SECOND A1C test ... the first was when she first saw the Endo at the end of March. Amy doesn't remember what that number was only that it was in the double digits . ?? SO what does it mean? Too much Catalina Fun? Too much Cali in general .... I just don't know. We all only want her to to have a long healthy life ... I hate that DIABETES MOVED IN ... and isn't PAYING RENT!

D-Moms & Ladies That Blog ...

What a blessing the past month has been to me! I have found so many blogs of [mostly*] Moms' who blog about their daily fight [literally] with diabetes. I've laughed and cried and been down on my knees to pray for these women I don't even really know. All of a sudden I feel as if they are ALL my daughters and their children, my grand-children! (* I read one Darling Daddy Blog, Adren's Day, and I need to give him credit for his wonderful site!)

I don't feel so stupid anymore. All these gals have the same problems Amy has been dealing with ... chasing numbers from one end of town to the other! I so wish I could get Amy to read some of the blogs I've found! She'd have a WHOLE new outlook (like I've had) if she did! She is so overwhelmed with it all! The sleep deprivation is the common thread with all of these wonderful D-Families! It's akin to being a prisoner of war ... A Diabetes P.O.W. !!!

If any of my darling "bloggers" read this post ... KNOW YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS DAILY and that its because of YOUR blogs, I've had the courage to continue on each and everyday!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jesus loves you! and so do I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

"D" doesn't pay rent

You know, DIABETES moved into our homes, lives, hearts and heads. First, my Mother some 20 years ago ... and now our beloved Ashlee, five months ago. Don't get me wrong, we are usually very welcoming of new ideas and guests .... but if "D" wants to live here ... It MUST pay rent!



Myrnx is on her test run with the PUMP !!! Using just saline for the doses. She doing OK with the exception of the first site change .... after two hours she was in tears and told me she would NEVER be able to get it right! Well, of course, it all worked out and I am very excited to be taking her into the Diabetes Clinic on Wednesday to "fire-that-baby-up" !!!



I pray this Pump is the solution to her needs .... she is really wearing down and I love her so! I want her with me for always! Next step is to get Ashlee PUMPED-UP, too! As difficult as it is to get started, the long range benefits outweigh the trial and errors and haggling with the insurance! I also asked Amy to leave Ashlee with us for a few months ... to give her (Amy) a break and to show Ashlee how SPECIAL she is. I know we could pull it off ... especially now that I've been reading all these D-Mom Blogs! What a blessing these girls have been! AND Inspirational!

a Family tradition... NOT!

Summer in Catalina! Long before I was born ... this was (is) a W-Family Tradition! Amy and the grand kids still come to Catalina ( from Arkansas)... every summer like clockwork. So wonderful to have them in Cali!

This year, Ashlee, 6 year old Type 1, had her very first D-Catalina! Being newly dx'ed .. she is still adjusting (as we all are)to daily shots and testing. She has only used the Insulin Pens ... never had a dose with syringe. Mid-week thru the Catalina Vacation ... PEN WAS EMPTY! Oh bummer! Amy thought she had brought the "refill" but it turned out to be a vial of Humalog! No problem...go to Drug Store and buy syringes .. easy-peazy! WRONG .. Ashlee was frightened of this new method (can you blame her?). Fortunately for the family, Uncle Doctor , comforted Ash and told her he would give her the shot! Amy tells Uncle Doctor the correction dose is 2 units and the deed is done ...no tears, quick and easy UNTIL a recheck of Ash's BG ... dropping ... dropping ... really dropping ... Amy immediately asks Uncle Doc exactly how much Humalog he drew up ... TWO ... "up to the TWO LINE"...OMIGOSH that's 20 units! AND HE'S A REAL DOCTOR ... think of how easily any of us could overdose this darling little sweetheart! Ashlee was very happy to CARB-OUT and disaster was abated! Praise the Lord!

How life changes when you have a child with Type 1 ... I feel the responsibility and I'm not with her 24/7. We are so proud of Amy! Four kids, one husband, running a home-business, HOME SCHOOLING and now ... Diabetes has moved in, too!

The ONLY good thing about "D" moving in ... we get to be closer with the kids! We don't feel guilty about calling daily (we used to feel like we were bothering their busy lives).

The Myrnx just received the "Pump". The Home nurse will hook-her-up first week of August .... if it goes well for her, maybe Ashlee's Endo will recommend for her, too.! Keep us in your prayers! FIND A CURE!

Ashlee and the "D" word

As most of you already know... our little granddaughter, Ashlee, was diagnosed a few months ago with Type 1 diabetes. Cool! The Myrnx, my Mom, has been an adult onset Type 1 for about 20 years now so I thought I was REAL SMART about all things Type 1.
WRONG WRONG WRONG , I am just a BIG DUMMY !! After doing research and reading some D-Mom Blogs out there, I really started to get frightened by everything! My mom, little Ashlee ...everybody! How could I have had my head buried in the sand for so many years??

Bottom line ... I'm doing the "CliffsNotes" study-up ON CURRENT diabetes issues (yes, things change alot in 20 years)and will be up to speed in no time at all. I feel guilty about it taking Ashlee's dx to make me aware that I know so little! My mom could have used my help thru the past 20 years! No looking back ... just forward! I'm determined to get these two specials "girls" healthy!

PRAY FOR ME!

Pledges for Angel Baby!!

Angel's surgery is complete [I think] ... After moving her from "VCA-AllCare" (who wanted $5-8 THOUSAND DOLLARS) to HUNTINGTON PET VET, Dr. Allison Naito, the COMPLETED SURGERY IS JUST AT $2000 ... THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR HER AFTER CARE. As you'll recall ...Lynn had borrowed $2000 which she gave to "VCA-AllCare". VCA, after ONLY stabilizing Angel, taking xrays and pain meds, KEPT almost $1700.00 for the 30 hours Angel was in their care. OUTRAGEOUS in my humble opinion ... but I'm not a Vet.

Lynn will do anything to ensure Angel will walk again ... Pledges or No-Pledges. I would hope anyone reading this, who feels lead to help this wonderful lady NOT be in debt until the "end-of-time" .. will pledge a donation to :

Dr. Allison Naito
Huntington Pet Vet
20032 Beach Blvd.
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
1-714-969-0211

If you pledge ... please send Lynn a little eline so she can possibly get you a Tax Deduction. Address: aaskygal1@yahoo com