Snooze… Snooze… Oh No!
The alarm had been buzzing for a while before I finally moved. Snooze… snooze again… and again. I lost count. When I finally lifted my head from the pillow, it was 6:30 AM. Oh no! I missed waking …
I should play the lottery!
It isn’t often that both mine and my son’s blood sugars are in range at the same time — in fact, it feels like catching a shooting star!
But take a look at this screenshot from my phone: Owen’s number …
Glucose Tabs, & Karate Kicks: Fall Sports with a T1D Twist
Fall Sports!
If back-to-school means pencils, backpacks, and lunchboxes, it also means the return of the Foster Taxi—me shuttling kids off to their athletic adventures, armed with a stash of chips, fruit, and now, for Owen, glucose tabs. This year’s …
Where the #%$& is his pump?!
The evening started easily enough. It was site change day.
Owen was in the shower doing his “get the set wet so it can come off without taking any skin with it” routine. I was in the living room doing …
Carb Counts & Campfires: A T1D Camp Adventure
For those of you with diabetes – do you remember diabetes camp?
I sure do. I went to a small camp in New Jersey called Camp Firefly. Its logo was a syringe-turned-firefly (do fireflies even have stingers, or was …