things are going very well
Well, we are settling into our new reality, and it’s surprising how quickly our definition of “normal” seems to be changing.
The biggest challenge – managing our fear – seems to be in hand. What’s behind that is having a few days experience doing the monitoring, injections, and meal planning. It was overwhelming only a few days ago, but now it’s becoming much easier. The key is being extremely well organized.
Lori took the kids for their first big outing on Thursday – a trip to the water park. Not being present (I was at work), I was more nervous than she was, and drove her pretty much crazy with my coaching (read: paranoid nagging) around how to prepare for the outing. Sidenote: Mark has always been the most easy-going guy on the planet, but not any more – he has become something of a control freak this past 10 days.
We also went to a movie last night (Journey to the Center of the Earth), and had to monitor (a finger-prick blood test) right in the theater.
And we went out for supper (Boston Pizza – Christopher’s favorite) this evening. We had to test and give Christopher’s insulin injection right at our table – we refuse to do these things hidden from public view because we don’t ever want Chris to feel it should be hidden.
All these things really add up to confidence. We’re getting better at it. Of course, it would be nice if Christopher were used to the injections (he still cries a bit), but that will come with time – my guess is it will take another week or two.
Thanks everyone for your support. It means a lot to us.
Comment by Marcus
Saturday July 26, 2008 @
Sounds like EVERYONE is doing well.
There will be times in his life when he’ll want to hide it.. that’s normal – like a kid hiding braces. But your attitude is perfect.
If you can handle pizza, you can handle anything… with the combination of fat and carbs, it’s one of the trickiest foods for diabetics (and I eat it ALL the time
).
Getting used to injections will come, too… if you’re not doing much in the abdomen, start. Non-diabetics think it sounds like the worst, but the lack of nerves and abundance of fat make it the most painless option by FAR.
M