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!