One Month In

We are one month in and we are doing well, all things considered. Henry's blood sugar continues to fluctuate quite a bit, but we have continued to be lucky in that we haven't had any scary lows or highs. Diabetes has truly become our new normal and a part of the routine. We get up and check our blood sugar, administer insulin, and check blood sugar again in two hours, and repeat for the rest of the day.

Josh and I have had a lot of questions thrown at us from family and friends. We can't imagine what is going through everyone's heads! There are so many mixed perceptions of what type one diabetes is and isn't. Much of what people know of diabetes is about type two diabetes, so we are frequently asked if controlling his diet would "fix" the problem, if he will grow out of it in time, if he is better yet, did the insulin and hospital stay"fix" the problem.

 Of course the heartbreaking answer to all these questions is no.

We pray with all our being that this could be the future! That a diabetes diagnosis only requires a quick fix and/or a hospital stay, or perhaps the installation of a simple device to replace cells in the pancreas. Please continue to pray with us that this is the future for ALL people with diabetes.

That all being said many people that do understand the difference between type one and type two diabetes often have a bleak picture painted in their heads of what life with diabetes must be like, or what Henry's future will be. Many of these same people got their view of what type one diabetes is from a  1980's Julia Robert's in Steel Magnolia, and imagine him needing a kidney transplant, and eventually collapsing from low blood sugar and kidney failure.

I know when he was first diagnosed I wanted to have my Sally Field crying fit, because that was also the future I imagined for my baby due to limited information. But in all things education is key to dispelling ignorance and misconceptions, it is key to having a future, and through education we have discovered that Henry will NEVER have a future like Julia Roberts if we keep his blood sugar controlled and teach him how to control it himself. We have discovered AMAZING tech that makes managing diabetes less painful and more precise and we will be receiving it very soon! I can't wait to share our new tech with all of you very soon!

In conclusion we have learned to have hope for a better life than Sally Field and Julia Roberts can offer, and pray for a future that many wish we currently had.