Managing Alyssa’s diabetes is a lot of work and I do find
that I become obsessed with glucose levels and calculating everything that she puts
in her mouth. It can become the center
of your life; like many D-moms, Alyssa’s diabetes is the first thing I think
about in the morning and the last thing I think about at night.
There are many times I feel overwhelmed and
get frustrated when her numbers aren’t good or when she suffers with a lows. And then I remember I’m not the one with the
disease. What I do try to remind myself
is Alyssa is a child and she just wants to be like every other almost 9 year old.
It’s impossible to be perfect, but there are
many things that she does spectacularly!! Alyssa knows when she isn’t felling
right and she will immediately go for her meter and check her BG and she’s not embarrassed
about it…she’ll pull it out anywhere. If
it’s low, she goes for a juice box and a lot of times she’s treating her low
before I even know what’s going on.
This
has helped lift some of my fear—I don’t stress as much when she’s playing
outside or when she’s at cheer practice because I feel confident that she knows
to address any change in how she feels right away. More importantly, this has given Alyssa the
opportunity to be more like other kids her age.
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