So we received the Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system today! So excited for February 18th when we get to learn how to work the darn thing! We will be able to use that reading as her blood sugar and only have to calibrate the device three or four times a day. So we will only have to poke her with the lancet to check blood sugar a few times a day. At this point we are checking her at least 6 times a day if not more than that!
We were able to get rid of the milk at night routine. We thought that we would have more trouble than we did. She fought Sarah only for a couple nights. We started this training on a Friday night and by Monday she was able to take a sippy cup of water and/or her binky and go back to bed. She still gets up 1-2 times a night but does not beg for milk anymore. She usually wakes up when she cannot find her binky. She is quite attached to that. We have a feeling that we will be blogging about taking this binky away at some point in the future.
This insulin pump business is going fairly good. We've had a few highs and only one or two lows. We have been doing fairly well. She may be growing now and needed a different insulin to carb ratio or a different basal rate for her insulin.
OH MY! We went to Friday's for dinner the other day and Elsie had to poop while we were eating of course and she was sitting in the highchair so of course its an awkward position and forces the poop up her back etc. So Sarah went to change her and noticed that it was all up her back and everything (love blowout poops by the way) and Sarah had to change her diaper and change her infusion site for her insulin pump because there was poop in it. It was a disaster! Our waitress thought that Sarah and Elsie had ditched McKenzie and Sarah had to deal with Elsie running around the Friday's bathroom screaming and playing around - it was QUITE the experience...good thing we are in need of the site change practice and good thing that we get enough supplies each month!
We are so lucky and so blessed for this life and could not be happier! Amma came down to visit this weekend and it was SO nice to have her here with us. She is such a huge support in our life. We are so thankful for her. She has been there for everything and we couldn't have gotten through some of this without her I don't think. She is such a brilliant lady!!
Take Care all its Olympics time!
Sarah, McKenzie, & Elsie!
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