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Now this all looks a bit scary, doesn’t it?
Maybe you’re thinking this was a particularly bad #t1d day for T?
Now what I want to share with you is that it wasn’t, this was just Tuesday morning.
Maybe you’re thinking this was a particularly bad #t1d day for T?
Now what I want to share with you is that it wasn’t, this was just Tuesday morning.
Each second Tuesday’s are the day we change T’s #freestylelibre sensor, and insert a new on into her arm, which is the stuff towards the left of the picture. This sensor means we don’t have to finger prick as often to find out what her blood glucose is at.
We can read the sensor using her iPhone (in the middle), but when things don’t tally, or we need to give insulin, we have to use her finger prick and meter (black kit bottom right).
She then gets two different types of insulin at breakfast time (fast #novorapid and slow acting #levemir in the blue and orange syringe pens near the top), both of which are injected. We have to know what’s she’s going to eat before each meal, so we can count the carbs.
This means we can work our how much insulin she needs for her food. Then we weigh out for the carbs we counted, and she can eat. We’ll do short acting insulin for snacks, lunch and dinner too.
Then a new regime of night ninja long acting insulin dosing after she’s asleep in bed (tricky when she’s wearing a onesie!).
So apart from the sensor, which is once every 14 days, the rest is multiple times EACH and EVERY day, just to keep her alive and healthy.
So apart from the sensor, which is once every 14 days, the rest is multiple times EACH and EVERY day, just to keep her alive and healthy.
Couldn’t manage without @fifeseaglass too! Together we make a great team and T is happy and healthy, which is the most important thing ever! She’s starting to learn to do some of this stuff for herself (with our help), but it will be a long journey until she can it all on her own
Our job as parents is to make sure she has the best knowledge and practice in her #t1d management ultimately, just like we try to do now.
