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?!

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!!!!!!

Chasing those mid-day lows ....

11-4-2010

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

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

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

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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!