A “funny” Diabetes story! February 4, 2009

Well – I guess it’s funny in hindsight – or telling others about the neverending rollercoaster that is diabetes.  A few weekends ago we went to a hotel for my neices birthday party.  We stayed overnight which also included alot of swimming.  Swimming and pump sites – always a great combination.  In the AM, after two lost pump sites I was out of supplies.  It was are day of departure anyways so we got all of our stuff ready and headed out.  That all sounds organized I know, but add SEVERAL children, tons of hotel stuff, swimming up until 15 min before departure time, one puking cousin and a baby into the mix and it is CHAOS!!!  We get ourselves home (1.5 hours away) and go to change the site  an hour after the EMLA cream had sat on the spot and I start digging for the pump.  I KNOW I REMEMBER PUTTING IT IN THE BAG.  4 Torn through bags later it is just not there.  You might be able to see where this is going……  Call the hotel – yep – there it was sitting on the bathroom counter.  So mom, who at this point wants to pack up all the snacks in the house for the trip (but is training for a bodybuilding show) makes a protein shake, brings the phone and catches up with friends for the trip down and back.  For some reason Joshua’s numbers stayed low (he had dosed right before he the pump fell off) hallelujia!!  We made it through another Diabetes folly!!  Woohoo!! And another story to add to the collection that is our life?