We've been given the go-ahead to get the pump!! It's sad that I'm so excited. So, first for those of you that say, "huh? what's a pump?" (like I would have 4 months ago) - an insulin pump is a medical device, the size of a pager (remember those?) that administers insulin into the body via a tube and "infusion set". The infusion set attaches into a fatty source of the body, like the tush or tummy (medical language) and is replaced and moved about 3 times per week. Although inserting that set hurts more than the injections - here's the key to wanting the pump: She won't need the injections every time she eats!!! and she can start eating and we can give her a little bit of insulin and as she keeps eating we can give her more - w/o her ever feeling it! We don't have to hover and MAKE her eat what we dose her for ahead of time and we won't have to inject her when she wants a snack. Right now she completely prefers non-carb snacks (cheese, tofu, edamame, nuts) rather than get an injection. We obviously will still encourage those snacks b/c they're healthy, but it's nice to have more options... We still have to check her blood glucose and count carbs, but the pump, we hope, will make things a bit easier. (everyone we've talked to PRAISES it!)
Some people are surprised that K would be getting it so young - but we've met people with kids younger than two that get it. The issue for her is that her doses are still low (because her body is in its final throws of making insulin) so we'll have to dilute the insulin at first - but that's just another step and not a huge hindrance. My only concern with her is that she won't like wearing it (it has to be on all the time -except bathing/swimming). But I hope living more normally will overcome that annoyance.
So now our decision is to choose which one. We've been told to choose between the OneTouch Ping by Animas or the Medtronic Paradigm. We're leaning toward the former because it has a remote built into the meter so we not only don't have to pull out the pump from her pocket to dose her, we can dose her while she's playing - up to 10 feet away from us. But, we'll probably meet with reps from both companies.
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