Two Months Yesterday!

Wow! Its been a crazy 2 months! And 1 month has been back to school! I have to say - it has been an easier transition than I thought. That is not to say that we have not had some rough patches - but then who doesn't? Willow was blessed with a fabulous teacher and a really great school nurse. I was a bit . . . ok REALLY anxious about her starting school and how they would be able to manage her blood checks and her food and her insulin. Well I have to say they completely stepped up to the plate and dove right in! The school nurse comes daily and will call if there are questions. We email daily any changes or concerns to each other. The teacher is completely willing to have Willow test her blood sugar in class and the rest of the staff have been as or more accomodating. I get weekly BS logs, and daily written notes from the teacher or an email . . . the school cook has special snacks and drinks just for Willow. (Usually the parent has to provide this stuff!) So that has been great. Willow is still cheering for another few weeks and the girls all started dance a couple weeks ago. We still struggle with activity making her blood sugars drop and occasionally we will have what is called an" adrenaline high" - where her adrenaline will kick in and actually make her blood sugar go WAY up when it should be dropping. ( at least that is how I understand it) It is really spooky - I usually do not give insulin before activity - unless her BS is over 250. But a few times it has been like in the low 200s at the start of cheering and by an hour later it is over 300 . . . I never know whether to give more insulin at that time - bc sometimes the body will kick in and other times it wont . . . Diabetes is still unpredictable and complicated - but the last month has been much less stressful than I anticipated! And we are getting along taking it one blood sugar at a time!