I don't know what to expect in the next month or months, I don't know if I will feel overwhelmed again, but for now I can say diabetes is just normal life now. After dinner I almost forgot to give her her shot, that is how comfortable I have come with it. I can now say, it no longer consumes my life. I do worry when someone else is watching her and also feeding her because too much insulin could cause seizures or a coma and way too much, could kill her. As long as I am just a phone call away. But lets be honest, I'm sure the person feeding her is much more nervous than I am!
Right now she is in what they call the "honeymoon phase". Everyone goes through it and it lasts a different amount of time for everyone. It means her pancreas starts working again. So when I check her blood sugar before each meal, it is always normal, but I still have to give her a shot for her carbs but usually not for high blood sugar. Come on pancreas, I'll give you 5 bucks if you work for a long long time :)
In the beginning of her diagnosis, I felt like I wouldn't have Charlotte back. It seemed that she was very moody which isn't normal for her but I am so grateful every day when I see her being her and that it was just an adjustment in blood sugar we were trying to figure out.
The kids and I decorated for Christmas and I just let them do it all, except for the nativities and then I gave them their ornament for the year. This picture is an example of Charlotte, she fits right in, my kids pull faces in front of the camera or turn retarded. Have you heard the song "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"? We cranked that as we decorated. If you haven't check it out, great song.
We had a great turkey day this year. We paid for the Turkey Trot race but didn't run. why you ask? It was 7 degrees, would you get up on a holiday and deal with the hussle and bundling of children to run a race? I thought sleeping in, taking it slow and then working out on my own was more appealing. The turkey trot is a family tradition for us and it can get so cold here on Thanksgiving that we may have to do away with that tradition until the kids are older. Besides the cold, I also don't like being rushed in the morning on a holiday.
Ryan was comissioned to do a religous painting, this is a charcoal study for the final painting of Christ. Do you mind if I brag further and say that this is all from his imagination, except the hands. He photographed his own hands as a reference. seriously, one of these days while wandering through Deseret Book, you can point out to your friend that "I know that guy".
One last thing my friends. I am proud of myself. I made a goal to post a picture every day to a blog and I have done it all year. Pretty sure I'm not going to quit now so it is safe to say I accomplished my goal. I was wondering if I could make it all year, I thought for sure summer would kick my booty and I would quit. But some of you don't seem to know about it, just so all my effort wasn't for nothing check it out if you haven't apeekintomyday.blogspot.com
1 comments:
You're awesome and strong Courtney and I really admire you. You're not complaining too much, just keeping it real. It's therapeutic to put it down in writing.
Ryan's study is awesome. Just think of that picture if you ever feel like life is too much to handle. You'll get through it.
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