The point of this blog...my kid, of course.

Chamberlyn's T1 Diabetes D-Day (Diagnosis Day) was October 19, 2010. I decided to start writing her story almost nine months later because managing her diabetes is what our family does best. We have our "highs" and "lows" when dealing with this confounding autoimmune disease, and I hope our posts can provide some insight on the daily life of a person with T1 diabetes.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Faux Pod or Faux Pas?

Cham is on day 2 with the OmniPod demo. We put it on the back of her arm first so that it would be out of the way for dance and mainly so that her friends could ask, "What is that?" This way, it gets the explanation out there and she can see if it is noticeable or troublesome while she dances. So far, so good. She's showered, slept, and danced in it - next we will swim. She's hit it a few times on the wall, and put on her shirt without remembering it was there and it caught and pulled, but never came off. She's nicknamed it: Substitute Pancreas and Frank the Panc. Personally, I like Frank the Panc. Now...if we can only convince Cojack that it's not a "mute button" to shut her up when she's saying something he doesn't want to hear, then we'll be good. He actually pushed it and said, "be quiet" when they were arguing in the grocery store yesterday. Siblings in the summer, gotta love it. We see the doctor next week for her check-up and we're hoping to get the clearance to use a pump which, hopefully, will be the OmniPod.

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