Saturday, June 28, 2014

Our First Trip Away

Lantus....check.  Novalog....check.  Meter, strips, poker....check.  Alcohol....check.  Cotton balls....check.  Log book....check. Pink Panther book....check.  Carb King book....check.  Extra insulin....check.  Glucagon....check.  Glucose tabs....check.  Juice boxes....check.  Lantus....recheck.  Novalg....recheck.  15 carb snack packs....check.  Kitchen scale....check.  Traveling schedule....check.  Dr.'s phone numbers....check.  Check....check...check.
We were headed out of town.....just to Grandma and Grandpa's.  A safe first trip just a couple of hours away.  Still though,  I am full of anxiety and nerves.  Seems so silly, now that it's all over,  at how scared I was to leave my safe haven house where elements are controlled and are pretty much predictable.  I was worried about traveling alone without my Husband and taking care of all the kids and things by myself for days.  I planned our traveling hours aroung her meals and B.S. checks.  I planned Sweet's meals and snacks and brought a lot of our own food.  I did my best to plan for everything so that Sweets could have a good time and that I could not worry sooo much.
 Just being silly at the Zoo.
Which make this Mama happy to see.
Another feat under my belt.  Traveling, sleeping over several nights, planning for extra activity and exercise, carb counting for meals I didn't make, etc.  My parents were great supports, my sisters were there helping me along the way.  The cousins were there to whisk Sweets away from her diagnosis for a time and to help her forget all about it.  She played and ran and swam and was outside all day.  I ran half a juice box out to her every half an hour during her hardest play times and checked her at night for low's.  Her levels stayed adequate all weekend long!!!!  We went to the Movies and had treats too, we visited the zoo and the park and we ate lunch out to McDonald's.   I am sooo proud of myself!!

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