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Date Posted: 18:52:25 12/04/01 Tue
Author: Kris
Author Host/IP: 63.252.134.240
Subject: I have a bi*** and a brag (gonna be long)

Get ready for a long one people (Halloooo? Anyone out there??). A few of you know that I've had problems getting my in-laws to learn about Colleen's diabetes care. Oh, they listen, but it goes in one ear and out the other. The Sunday before last we had a bad day. Colleen wandered off while Dad was watching her. I came home and found her in the bathroom. Poor kid had been 47 and not only didn't he notice she wandered off, but he also thought she was faking. Really got mad at her. Anyway, I helped her to the dining room and made him hold her in the chair while I got the glucose gel, juice and various other things. He finally realized that it was serious when he saw my hands shaking. I have to give him credit for trying to help. While I was rubbing the glucose gel on her cheeks he was giving her juice. The problem was that he was filling her mouth full and she was terrified because she wasn't capable of swallowing it. Very dangerous as she could have choked. I sat down with him that night and reminded him that it's almost seven years since she was diagnosed (Dec. 17th, 1994). If the family hasn't learned in seven years how to take care of her then I figure they're not going to do it. Makes me furious! Anyway, I decided that the only person I could really trust to take care of her is herself.

The first thing we did was let her run high for about four days. She has hypoglycemic unawareness which means she doesn't recognize the symptoms of a low. The only way to fix that is to raise the numbers and then drop her back down abruptly. Not fun for anyone, but it seemed to help a little. Then we worked on drawing up insulin and giving shots. She's not quite coordinated enough to mix the two types of insulin in the same syringe, but......since Sunday morning she's been drawing up the first part of the shot and injecting herself. You can't imagine what a huge step this is for her. It means freedom and independence. Soon she'll be able to spend the night at a friend's house and I won't have to drive over at 6am. I'm just so pleased I could burst! Please, someone, remind me of how proud I was of her when she hits those teen years and decides she needs to lose weight and stops taking her shots. For now I'll just bask in the glow of her achievement (and she's as thrilled as I am).

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