It's Pump Time! NEED ADVICE

Well, it seems to appear that Andrew's honeymoon has come to an abrupt stop.  We made it 2-1/2 years which I am completely thankful for.

We started on Levemir about 2 weeks ago and though it's helping, I am definitely in shock seeing numbers up in the 200 and 300's.  Insulin to carb ratios have been changing daily.

With constant corrections having to be made, I am looking forward to moving towards a pump.  We have a pump class next week and I'd like to get as much information I can before attending.

Can you all please share with me what pump you/your child uses and why you chose it.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pizza Woes

People look at this picture of a delicious hot pizza and start to salivate.  As my son's artificial pancreas, I cringe because  I know that his blood sugars are off on a crazy roller coaster ride for the next several hours.  Add in a dessert if you're at a birthday party and it can spell DISASTER!

If you add too much insulin up front, he'll go low.  If you don't give enough, he'll go high.  What is the perfect solution?  If anyone reading this is on shots, please share your wisdom with me.

Since Andrew is still honeymooning, his body can still sometimes bring down a high at night.  The hard part is whether to correct or not.  Some nights, his body does the work and other nights it doesn't.

Until he qualifies for a pump, we'll just have to continue fighting the pizza blood sugar woes.  The fight is on!!!!!

Things are a Changin'

It has been just over 2 years since Andrew was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and celiac disease. Throughout his honeymoon, we've been able to only use fast acting insulin to control his numbers, and Carb counting has only included starchy carbs. His A1C was 7.6 at diagnosis and reduced to 5.0 over the past couple of years. So far, his morning fasting numbers have been normal (under 100) without long acting insulin. Things have been changing this past week. It has really caught me off guard. His numbers have risen into the upper 200's. This is with the normal carb ratio of 1:30 (1 unit of insulin for every 30g carbs consumed), and his morning numbers have also started to rise between 100 - 120. Full blown diabetes is staring me right in the face! I always knew that his honeymoon would eventually come to an end, but now I'm feeling a little nervous. I've actually got in a nice groove with his "behaving" diabetes. I don't think I'm going to be liking the "other side"! I guess the only thing I can do is wait it out a little. I will be contacting his endo. on Monday to go over this past weeks numbers. I'll keep you updated.