Great news²

We had clinic today and Betsey gave me such a hard time leading up to the appointment. She just doesn't like going. She even mumbled a "I hate this..." just before we opened the door to the waiting room. Part of that may have been because we had ALL her siblings with us - always a treat to go to doctor's appoinments with an army of little people in tow. I don't suggest it unless you plan on self medicating after the appointment - which I didn't do, by the way, but a thought for the future.

Actually, the littles were fine ...... until the littlest found the bathroom which had a pint sized loo in it that was too fun to use just once.

And flush..... with her foot. And soap right at her level. And paper towels. And the light switch.

Good times.

But we had a good visit, good news all around! The first is that Betsey's A1c has dropped, again, and is better than ever! She was thrilled to receive this news, as was I. It's always a shock, no matter what her A1c is... I always expect the opposite of whatever they tell me - good or bad. I don't know why. Last visit it was 6.7%. Still excellent, but a 6% today- are you kidding me??! Those crazy lows she's been having surely dropped it down. What could be better????

More GREAT news -- Betsey will be participating (we hope!) in the Closed Loop Study involving the Artificial Pancreas headed by Yale Pediatric Diabetes Program! See video ~here~ from World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson. I believe it starts up in the fall. We hope to speak with the Research Department handling the project tomorrow and firm things up. She meets all the requirements necessary. It will involve wearing the sensor, her pump and managing this other apparatus and will require at least 2 overnight hospital stays and maybe a few extra visits to monitor the study.

Betsey agreed to it. No questions. No arguing. No eye rolling. Nothing. Just a head nod and a smile.

I am beyond excited! See?! This is where the money raised by thousands of riders for the JDRF Ride to Cure comes in handy -- they are on their way to finding a cure!! Slowly, but surely.

Day one of shots tomorrow. Ugh. We have to fill the scripts for more needles. A minimum of 5 shots a day. Minimum. Every time she eats and it's more than 10 grams of carbs, it's a shot of novalog.

On the bright side- it will give her wounds a chance to heal on her site injection spots and time for the bruising to go down.

It's things like this that make her happy. Rainy days and shots. Who knew?