Sunny Reid's Blog

Today has been for lack of a better word….CRAP….

Dave and I have had very little sleep in the next 24 hours and when when we do get to bed something else happens.Add to that some emothional stuff that has happened and it all adds up to a day from hell… and it is ALL diabetes related. But to set the stage, lets go back to 24 hours ago.

Yesterday, a very dear friend of ours lost his mother, and it has rocked us, even though we knew it was coming. Now we understand, he is going through hell, but as his friend, it is hard to know what to do. We can’t take away his pain, but we want to do something for him but can’t. So we just send one or two texts a day with the message “Hugs”..nothing more.. so he knows we are thinking if him and are here for him.

Also, we have been trying Emily’s canulas in her leg to give her tummy a rest…. NOT WORKING… they keep being knocked out. I have been through about 8 canulas in the last few days. i was called to the school 3 times today…damn diabetes devil. we have finally got her under control, after being up ALL night trying to correct her only to discover her site had failed, and since she is having it in her leg and it was under bandaides to provide protection from being knocked out we didnt realise. I whole night of being up for nothing.. no amount of corrections was going to bring her down. We ended up giving her a sub cut needle and getting her down that way. She is currently at her mates place with her mobile phone to call if she needs us. Big move for us to give her a mobile but she is wanting to go to her friends places to play after school so giving her a mobile gives her that independance without us having to give the whole diabetes lesson to a parent. We will see how it goes.

Sarah is Sarah.. going great. we are currently at Maccas having a ice cream and a play as Charlotte has not slept well and we finally got her asleep just before the kids got home from school. So a ice cream and a play at Maccas was the thing for her. She is having a ball. She just came up wanting a drink. She is growing up so fast. She is still having a few troubles in relation to her father and she is seeing a counciller next week after speaking to our GP. We will see how that goes but I forsee a few long weeks ahead of us.

Charlotte is going great atm. We have been worried about her not socialising with kids her own age with her being stuck at home and so decided to put her into care one day a week. She went yesterday, after we finaly found a centre willing to take on HED. She had a great day and is still tired, hence the late sleep today.. she is still over tired and cranky, but HED wise she is going well. Her cool vest from artic heat arrived yesterday and she loves it. She even got up this morning and wanted it on. She thinks she looks cute in it..even standing in front of the oven looking at herself in the reflection. She is SOOO cute.

well it is time I checked facebook ( yes i am addicted) and we will be heading home soon, back to reality.

keep cool

Its been awhile since my last opst. I am not sure if it is becasue I have been lazy, unwelll, lazy or just been enjoying thequiet that only having one child at home causes, or if I am just lazy…lol

Life has been going ok here. Now the girls are home I’m back to being busy. I didn’t realise how busy I get with diabetes. Not having it for 20 days and only having HED to deal with was infinatly easier, but we are slipping back into our normal routine quickly. Charlotte is happy havign her sisters home to play with as am I as our little girl was getting cabin fever with not muc entertainment going.

We are not planning our trip to qld for the camp. Though no official dates have been mentioned we are planning a few acitvities as we have decided to make a family holiday of the trip. While we are there we may as well make the most of it.

Mum is coming with us so that will be great as well. As we will be able to introduce her to all out ED family.

I will write more tomorrow as it is dinner time here and time to get the family fed.

keep cool