Wedding Calibrations

by Erin

Gabbing with Grasshopper

Grasshopper and Erin, after doing a Dexcom calibration, dancing to “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang.
Me: If you ever get married I want to dance with you to this song at your wedding.
Grasshopper: Of course you can come to my wedding!

Me: Oh! Thanks so much for the invitation!

Lo, lo, lo

by Erin

🤦🏻‍♀️ Thanks to sleep deprivation I glanced at this display in my car and my heart skipped a beat. 😂

Eulogy for a Goldilocks Infusion Site

by Erin

RIP, infusion site number 436. Since August 7, 2014, seven months after Grasshopper was diagnosed with T1D, we have put a new infusion site on his tummy or thighs at least every three days. Sometimes more frequently if one falls off before the three days are up. Some sites are Hoodlums.

Fog Advisory

by Erin

Gabbing with the Grasshopper

Grasshopper, looking at my Pebble Watch: Oh no, what happened?

Me: My water resistant watch isn’t water  resistant anymore.

G: You need some windshield wipers inside!

Kool & the Gang

by Erin

Giggling over the goofy things we do in our house keeps me motivated. We often belt out “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang when it is time to calibrate Grasshopper’s Dexcom. Only here we sing:

Caaaaalibration time, come on! It’s a calibration.

Ping Parenting

by Erin

This is what it means to me to be a T1D parent today.

Your son climbs in your bed at 6am. In a half asleep fog, help your four year old son perform all the steps to check his own finger for the first time. HE wants to do it and that is great. Praise him for that. But then he wants to dose himself with insulin using the Animus Ping remote and gets upset when you say no.

Stronger

It doesn’t get easier. You get stronger.

by Erin

That’s the truth. It’s like lifting weights. When you first set out to lift 50 pounds it is tough! But the more often you do it the stronger you get and the more readily you can lift those 50 pounds. The weight hasn’t changed. It hasn’t gotten lighter. YOU have changed and gotten stronger.

First Halloween

Halloween was a hallowed tradition in my childhood, as it was and still is for millions of American children.

by Erin

I was always so excited to create my costume for that one spooky night. When I became a parent I was thrilled at the prospect of sharing all of that excitement with my child.

Time is Not on My Side

by Erin and Alese

Managing diabetes takes time. It takes time away from other areas of life. What are some things that you don’t do now (or that you let slide) that you used to do unerringly before diagnosis?

Diabetic Deductions

by Erin and Alese

If Sherlock Holmes were to walk into your house this instant, what would be his first clues there is a diabetic in the house?