I Hate Cliches

May 29, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

I Hate Cliches Watching a slow motion train wreck…. That is what everything with my Middles feels like. Today I took Middles to our endocrinologist. They drew 6 vials of blood to run a full diabetes panel. They also had him do a glucose tolerance test and checked his A1C. It will be a week […]

What Dreams May Come

May 28, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

What Dreams May Come This morning I woke up and thought the previous 48 hours were a dream. Then I saw the mini meter on my nightstand and Middles sleeping peacefully on the other side of the bed. I so badly wanted it to all be a dream. I continue to check Middles blood sugars […]

Mad Hatter

May 27, 2012.Reading time 9 minutes.

I will be the Mad Hatter For those that have not read my blog before or were not around when I began my blog earlier this year here is a recap: I have 3 children. 2 of my three children (my oldest and my youngest) have both been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. My youngest […]

Good can always be Better

May 16, 2012.Reading time 7 minutes.

Always Room for Improvement Today’s Diabetes Blog Week prompt: We probably all have one thing we could try to do better. Why not make today the day we start working on it. No judgments, no scolding, just sharing one small thing we can improve so the DOC can cheer us on! Like so many of […]

Limitations

May 1, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

I Don’t do Well with Limitations Day 29 Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Sunday’s prompt: Six Sentence Story. In this day of micro-blogging – brevity is a skill worth honing. Can you tell a story and make it short and sweet? What can you say in six sentences. First let me ask do parenthesis count?So […]