Valentines Day

For Valentines Day my DH gave me these beautiful flowers. The pics are not in the right order, but I had to take some of the flowers as they opened up. They were so pretty!!

One more for diabetes

Here is the serious side of diabetes. This one makes me cry. I know this post and the last post are asking for donations for a cure, but I am not doing that. I am wanting to make people more aware of diabetes and the effects it has on the families.


www.supportthischarity.com/cure2008.

Diabetes

I got this off of Cafemom from a diabetes group that I belong to. This is the funnier side of diabetes. But everything in here is true it is what we have to go through each and every day. People when they find out you have type 1 diabetes one of the first things they say is "oh, you can out grow it" actually you can't. So anyway, enough of the serious stuff watch the video and read the words that go with it.



http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inspirationalvideos/youtube/dia1.htm




Lyrics---

Get up now Get up now you look pale to me

Check it now check it now we will have to see

Are you High? are you low? do you have to eat?

Check it now, do you have to pee?

Get your clothes, are you wearing that?

Wash your face Brush your teeth wheres your homework at?

Pack your lunch so you don't have to eat school crap.

Don't roll your eyes at me like that.

Quick eat so we will have the time to calculate the carbs.

Check your Bolus so that you will not go high and have to check ketones.

Remember that the endo is expecting you today at 3
we will get the good mommy test grade they like to call your A1C

Don't panic!!!

I'm sure that, your log book is here somewhere.

It just cant grow legs and jump up and disappear.

Have you changed your needle since last week?

I swear to your dad I will have to speak.

Don't forget to chceck before you eat.

How many carbs are in that treat?

Wheres the work you missed at school today?

What not, what's the problem, what did she say?

I'll laminate that 504 and nail that sucker to your teacher's door.

Don't test my patience!!!!

I'm sleep deprived I have no life, can't recall my last vacation!
So close the kitchen for tonight.

It's restraunt food no carb counts, hope I guess them right.

Grab your ball and skates it's time to go so we might be on time for once.

Get a juice and a snack so you dont go low.

Exercise is good you know.

Kick it high, Jump high, what an awesome catch.

strips and meter I will fetch.

Check it quick so that you can get right back.

Knowing your number's on track.

Each day is a blessing I give thanks for you, being mine.

The challenges are many, that we will overcome in time.

Get your shower and your pump shirt on, so we don't have an incident.

We can't afford to repeat last years pump in the toilet accident.

Brush your hair, Brush your teeth, get your PJs on.

Check your blood sugar now lets see what's wrong.

Have a juice, take a seat, get a cold wash cloth, get a HEY
Don't you pass ot on me!

Stay still untill your 103.

Have a rootbeer, twizlers, cupcake, snowcone, snickers, juice or milkshake.

So if all your friends-- eat a thousand carbs---would you eat them too?

If I've said it once I've said at least a million times before
that we'll get through all this, I'm proud of how you handel it.

How are your supplies at school, oh do you have strips needles too?

What were out of strips where is the Walgreens that's open nights?

I'll be right back make sure your homeworks done and in your pack.

Get in bed, get a hug, get a kiss good night, I'll check you at midnight.

Don't forget I love you **Kiss**

And today we will repeat again for sure, every day until a cure.

You can help us find a cure, give now give now give now give now.

We thank you. we thank you. we thank you. we thank you.

Find the cure, the cure, the cure, the cure---The cure ---The Cure.

Christian and our very long and stressful week

So, for the past few months we have been fighting Christian's blood sugar. He has been really high, we have made changes but it didn't help much. Well, Tuesday morning he was 396, he sent me a text at 11:30 saying that he was 511! I just about crapped! I had him recheck again and he was 358 (I know most of you are wondering whats with the numbers, but he is supposed to be between 80-150 when he checks his blood). I went to the school again and checked his ketones they were negative (.1) which is good. But he said he didn't feel good and he came home. He checked through out the rest of the day and he was still high.

When he checked after Bunco at 9:00 for his bedtime reading he was 472. He was feeling dizzy and like he was going to throw up so we called the paramedics. They came over, checked him and he went up again! In just 30 minutes he went for 472 to 485. So then we took him to the ER, they checked him there and he was over 700! That is like seizure high.....we were pretty scared. Not sure what was going to happen. The hospital started him on a quart of liquid through an IV, and gave him a correction shot.

To make a long story and long night short, he ended up having 1 1/2 quarts of liquid, 3 correction shots ( 2 in his arm and 1 in the IV). We were at the ER most of the night. When they let us go, I had orders to see his Endo Wednesday or Thursday. And new ratios for his Novolog and Lantus.

Called his Endo first thing Wednesday morning, had an appointment to see him at 11:45 that morning. He is on 5th East and South Temple, driving up there in the snow wasn't too much fun, but we made it. Dr. Lindsay made more changes with insulin but now that his numbers are so high and we have made so many changes, I have to get up every hour and a half to make sure things are working. Make sure he isn't going too high again and make sure he isn't getting too much insulin and going low. And we have to check ketones every 3 hours. fun huh? I can tell you it has made for a VERY long week! His endo is talking about him being a "brittle" diabetic. I am going to do some research on that and find out exactly what that is...doesn't sound like much fun though.

Christian's Facial Hair

So a while ago Christian wanted to shave off his mustache. I thought he was a little young to shave, but I guess not. So after a little while of begging we finally decided to do it. Ken was shaving the other night, called Christian up and well......




Before, I don't know if you can see the hairs on his chin or not but they were there! (He needs to get rid of all the zits!!)

Chin first in case he changes his mind :)

Notice half the mustache is gone?? Back to the chin, more hair there than we thought!

Now the other half of the mustache

Viola! Looks like a baby face teenager (with zits :) )