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A Lifetime of Diabetes
This site is just plain awesome, very moving.
Today’s the Day!!
Amber goes on the pump today!!! In honor of the occasion, we recorded a short video of Amber’s last shot!
(Sorry, I tried to figure out how to embed the video to make it faster to watch, but couldn’t get it right. So you have to download the entire file before it can start.)
Our Quilt for Life at the Children With Diabetes site
I don’t think I’ve ever linked in Amber’s Quilt for Life.
Amber’s Insulin Pump Trial
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Amber just finished her insulin pump trial last week. An insulin pump is a machine about the size of a pager that you wear 24 hours a day, and it gives you doses of insulin all day long. It replaces shots, and the insulin is dosed to the body via an infusion set.  That is basically a device which inserts a small tube under your skin, and insulin is delivered via a tube which runs from the pump to the infusion set. |
|  She loved it, she is so excited about the possibility of no more shots. She’s excited about not being on a fixed food schedule, and being able to sleep in on the weekends. Our biggest issue was with the brand of pump we chose. We wanted a pump that the doctor’s office doesn’t promote, which is an issue. But we stuck with our choice, and it’s going to force Amber to go through at least another short trial again, so she can get to press the buttons on the Animas pump for pretend before it goes live. We’re scheduled to go “live” on the pump on the 1st of November, which will give us about 5 weeks before we leave on the cruise. Whew, that might be cutting it close. Stay tuned for more… | |