Okay so we have been on the Dexcom over a week now - we had a successful site change on Monday. It was surprisingly easy! Way to go us! We did reach out to someone via the Internet (so thankful there are so many people willing to offer support) to someone we've never met but has been very willing to provide support when we needed it. She too, has the Dexcom CGMS and told us it takes some getting used to at first. BOY was she right! We had been so focused on the numbers and no the patterns or trends as they call it. I see 300's and panic - which at her age will not harm her (as long as she's well hydrated and getting adequate insulin). It is normal for BS to go up before it comes down. Insulin is a great thing but a non-diabetic makes insulin before food has even entered their body. Elsie doesn't get her insulin until she's done eating. Which could potentially be 45 minutes after she started eating and by then her sugar has already started to rise. We are getting more comfortable with the numbers and not focusing so much on them. We had to tweak her basal rate and correction ratio here in the last couple days. Just now starting to see a change in blood sugar amounts - so feeling more confident. This same individual explained to us that changing rates etc too quickly can make her feel really crappy - and explained that lows feel SO much worse than the highs. Which made us feel better, WAY better!
Elsie is adapting very good - she's even starting to show signs for potty training to begin. She's been grabbing her diaper and saying "Eww" after she pees of poops in it - but she fights to sit on the potty - We aren't forcing anything so we'll keep trying until she's ready but I have a feeling it will be SOON!! YAY!!
This was not much of an update but things are busy and we only get a few minutes at a time to write up a quick blog!! Thanks for all the support!!
Take Care,
Sarah, McKenzie & Elsie!
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