Day in the Life of a Type 3 - #Diabetes

6:45 Wake son to get ready for school. Remind him to check ketones since he has had them off and on for the last week.
6:55 He finally gets up, goes to the bathroom and tells me the ketones are "negative." Yeah! Good way to start the day. He is 13 and suddenly has an aversion to the shower/bath, so remind him he needs to take one before school. Usually he goes straight to the tub. But, today, he asks if he can have breakfast first. Remind him that he can't, because if I give his insulin and then he eats and then takes a bath, he might go low since the insulin will go into his system quicker. Routine, routine.
7:15 Done with his bath, he checks his blood sugar and it's 160. Ready for his Chocolate Rice Krispies and milk. I pour exactly 1 cup of each. We've got this breakfast down. Takes 3 1/2 units of Humalog to cover the cereal and milk. I draw up that amount in the syringe and then mix it with 11 units of Humulin N to get him to dinner time.
10:00 Call endo and make his 3 month checkup appt which is now 2 months late. Never fails, if I don't make the appt when we leave the office, I put it off for awhile. The nurse first tells me that the doctor is booked out until August. I stay on hold and she says the endo has actually opened up some May dates and we can get in this Friday. That's good. I'm already feeling guilty that we haven't been there since Christmas and after a week of ketones off and on, wonder if he's going through a growth spurt and they'll want to adjust his Humulin N dose for morning and night.
10:14 Email my boss to let her know I'll be out most of Fri. morning.
10:15 Email son's teachers to let him know he'll be out most of Fri. morning.
Start dreading telling my soon he has a dr. appt this Friday.
Noon: With diabetes on the brain, check out the local summer camp I wish he would attend. He turned 13 a few weeks ago, and I would really like him to be doing more of his shots. The goal this year, was for him to do the fast acting shots at dinner, but that has not been happening.
1:00 Start thinking about some grocery ads I need to develop and flip thru the latest Food Network magazine for inspiration. The Oscar Meyer "Deli Fresh" ad catches my eye. The guy is sitting on the counter with a few slices of shaved turkey breast, licking his fingers and the headline says, "Who needs bread?" When you're always thinking of diabetes and Celiac's, of course this ad speaks to me. "That's right," I think. "Who needs bread?" Not us when we eat gluten free.
6:00 Get home from work and see 3 wrappings from cheese squares and a can of Diet Coke by the TV....my son's after school snack that's gluten and carb free.
7:00 Son tests blood glucose and he's 100. What? That NEVER happens. This Diabetes Blog Week has brought us good Karma. After asking about son's lunch, discover he didn't like the grilled cheese sandwich the school made on gluten-free bread and find out he had milk and a serving of mashed potatoes. Son is very hungry and now I know why. My husband gets the roast he's made out of the crock pot. I get potatoes out of the oven and sweet corn out of the microwave. I estimate the needed insulin...4 1/2 units of Humalog, draw it up, give it to son, and we eat dinner. Most nights are like this...homecooked meal around our table.
At 10:00, I'll draw up insulin for my son's bedtime shot. It will be 9 units of HumulinN and any fast acting he wants if he needs to cover a bedtime snack.

And in the back of my mind all day will run 3 things:
1) Mother's Day was yesterday. I'm so thankful to have had these 7 1/2 years post diabetes diagnosis. I don't take any day for granted.
2) I'm sad to have heard last night from my mom that my 50 year old cousin has just been diagnosed with diabetetes and that
3) a different cousin's grandson has been having digestive problems and they wonder if he also has Celiac's....
Yes, diabetes, you are ALWAYS on my mind....