September 25, 2016 marks the date of this year’s JDRF One Walk in Mishawaka. (Mark your calendars and walk with the Luke’s Lifesavers team!) Last year we barely made the walk. By the time we were diagnosed and felt comfortable with everything, it was just around the corner. We managed to raise $1200 in just a couple… Continue reading Our first fundraiser was a success!
Our local ice cream joint, The Chief, opened on Monday. And everyone collectively yells, “YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Except my kid. We don’t stand in that line on the first day. No way, José. It makes him a little perturbed. And when it’s nice outside, like it was this year, we don’t stand in line the 2nd day. Or… Continue reading One step closer to summer.
Last Saturday my parents, my sister & her family and my little family gathered together with 355 others at our church to pack meals for Feed My Starving Children. We volunteered for the last of many shifts that started the Wednesday before. Our shift alone packed 134,136 meals that filled 621 boxes. That will feed 367 kids for… Continue reading Family Day!
The day Luke was diagnosed, and we were all settled in to our temporary living space, I quickly learned what an incredible, amazing, HUGE support system we have as a Type 1 family. As soon as we left the doctor’s office with the official diagnosis, I called four of the most important people in my… Continue reading One big family.
“I know what an insulin pump is, but what is this MDI business?” This is one of the very first questions I asked my online Type 1 family. I learned that the pump and MDI are the two ways a diabetic can receive insulin. MDI = Multiple Daily Injections Some Type 1 Diabetics choose to do multiple… Continue reading Insulin pump vs. MDI.
This is a glucagon emergency kit. A glucagon kit is an emergency kit for diabetics’ extreme lows. A low so extreme he/she is unconscious. We have never had to use one of these. I hope and pray we will never have to use one in the future. Inside the kit is a mixture of concentrated… Continue reading The glucagon.
As of February 1st, Luke is 12. A sixth grader. Shoot, in just over eight weeks, he’ll be a *gulp* seventh grader. With the honor of being a junior higher, comes the honor of gaining independence & responsibility. We’ve really been working hard on this responsibility thing. We cut him a little slack after he was diagnosed… Continue reading A little more independence.
Luke is an absolute pasta lover. Unfortunately, regular pasta is one of the foods that cause major spikes in his blood sugar. Shortly after diagnosis, I found Carba-Nada Pasta at Meijer. There are only 24g of carbs in 1/5 of the bag! It’s pretty tasty, too! Speaking of pretty tasty, I found an amazing recipe for Lemon… Continue reading Low carb pasta anyone?
Pre-2016, the words “Easter candy raid” meant something way different than it does now. We would put Luke to bed and then we would raid his Easter basket for the candy we wanted. (I’d usually dig out the red and black jelly beans.) Now, however, it means I hit up the local Walgreens and raid… Continue reading Easter candy raid!
4:45 p.m. “Luke, Dex says you’re low. Finger prick and treat if you need to.” He’s 146. False alarm. 5:30 p.m. “Pizza’s here!” Pizza usually helps keep that blood sugar up… sometimes too far up. After eating & “insulating,” he stayed in range. 6:15 p.m. Luke goes outside and comes right back in to test. “Um,… Continue reading Well that came on suddenly…
Smells Like Insulin 