Today's topic for Diabetes Blog Week is: show what diabetes looks like through some snapshots. So here you go...
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This is him getting checked during his basketball game.![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sjTHM3zSg-g/T7iMV_1YGyI/AAAAAAAAAUw/KslhRwZP4go/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg)
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These are his test strips. We use these every time we poke his finger to check his blood sugar. There are 50 in each box. This is a two month supply.
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This is what we keep his pump in. Pjs have no pockets.
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This is three days before Rocco was diagnosed. He had lost a quarter of his body weight and was not yet 2 years old.
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These are his test strips. We use these every time we poke his finger to check his blood sugar. There are 50 in each box. This is a two month supply.
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This is him at the same waterpark three days before he was diagnosed. I am guessing in this picture his blood sugar was above 500. We had no idea he diabetes. He chews his nails when he is high. We know that now..
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This is him at the school Valentine's Day party. This one had low carb food, thank God. But typically these are a nightmare.
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This is Rocco without diabetes.
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People always tell me I can cure him with exercise and eating right.
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This is how his pump attaches.
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This is a perfect blood sugar number for a child.
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This is him going to play in the neighborhood. He has a backpack with water, his monitor, sugar tablets and yes that is a cell phone. He calls me if he feels low.
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I loved this picture until I washed his hands and the paint colored all of the holes in his fingers from when we check his blood sugar. They were everywhere.
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This is my man giving himself insulin. He's six.
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This is what he looks like when his blood sugar is 326.
Yes he is eating ham pieces and diet pop...
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Here is an after school snack when his blood sugar is high.
But this is also him....
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just being a kid,
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A brother,
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A sweetie,
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a goof ball,
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And a perfect little human...
2 comments:
Your children are beautiful!! I guess we must all have that 1 pic of or child days or even hours before they have been diagnosed. At that frozen moment in time, they are forever safe and free.
I love the pack you use to hold his pump at night unfortunately my cousin says it's annoying and he has to have athletic shorts with pockets to sleep in. I want pajamas for kids with pockets! It's tough when you have a child with diabetes and on a pump wanting the coolest pajamas and you say I'm sorry they don't have pockets. My cousin's 8 and he is dying for the avengers pajamas but sadly no pockets and companies say when I ask about if their pajamas have pockets oh their not in demand or needed! As my cousin Kealin says: "Kids on an insulin pumps need awesome pj's too!"
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