By the way, that is NOT my picture. Nor were my creations quite so perfect. (Perfection, and the recipe, can be found here.) But I didn't get a picture of them before The Hub took them to PEC and shared them with some of the other fathers he serves with.
For his birthday, The Hub got two certificates to a SCUBA diving intro class--he doesn't need the intro, but I do if I ever want to go SCUBA diving with him. So that should be a fun date. And I got him a copy of Surround Yourself with Greatness by Chad Lewis--a biography by a BYU football player. Could there BE a more perfect gift for The Hub? I submit that there could not.
So that was fun. I'm glad to remember that, because today was a pooper-scooper for me in the diabetic field. We went to see Miss Bubbly's endocrinologist, and subsequently I was shown my many mistakes as the parent of a diabetic. THAT'S always fun. Now, we did switch basal (all-day/long-acting) insulins just three months ago, but I thought we had things more under control than we did. Miss Bubbly's A1C showed us up--it was higher (by .2%) than it was last quarter.
Dang it.
So I've got to monitor her numbers more carefully (including the dreaded 3AM checks for the next few days) and adjust her ratios accordingly. The hard part for me is that we just passed her one-year anniversary and I thought I had a handle on things! Obviously not. So frustrating. So disappointing! The diabetes nurse educator did say that things tend to get wonky around the one-year mark, as that's when the pancreas will give out completely. So between that and only kind of understanding the new insulin, that's where we ran into problems.
(deep breath) It'll get better. It'll get better. (deep breath)
Blerg.
4 comments:
Ah, setbacks are so hard. I'm sorry!
A dear friend of mine found herself in your position about 17 years ago - and her daughter is now out of high school, working, headed for school and in charge of her own life. You'll make it. At least, you might if you don't kill yourself making nifty and incredibly work-intensive cute food like those hangaburgers!!
*hugs* I sorry. It always sucks massively when you find out things aren't going as well as you thought they were, and when that applies to your kids health I imagine its infinitely more devastating. Poor you. You'll conquer.
Blerg indeed. I'm having a day like that, only it's just my temper that I've let get out of control, and not a pancreas--but I still know how you feel. We'll all get better, right? On the good side, those treats are awesome. Very fun. I'll bet yours looked JUST as delicious.
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