maybe it's time to change the blog title...

So, K got her pump one week ago today. I wouldn't say that life is "easy" but it is SO much easier!! Here are the upsides:

• We are no longer injecting her with insulin several times a day! 
• We have given her insulin during the night without waking her up! 
• She could have cake at her birthday party without having a shot first! 
• We don't give her the long-lasting insulin every night at bedtime anymore, thus making bed time rituals more enjoyable again.(she gets minuscule drips of the short lasting insulin throughout the day to make up for that long lasting one - and we're able to alter how much she gets depending on the time of day - because her body is very different at different times of the day)
• She loves her little pump cases and enjoys showing whichever one she's wearing to friends (the advantage of her being 4, not 13...)
• Her BG levels have been awesome! she's been high; she's been low, but not as severely as prior to a week ago. 

So, we still have to check her BGs -day and night - but she doesn't mind that. and, of course, we still have to count carbs. The pump makes that easier too though because it has a food database on it of 500 food items (that I still need to configure more to her diet). The pump also does the math for us (the insulin/carb ratio) and has all the ratios programmed throughout the day (because they vary) - as well as the amount she gets (depending on the time of day) when she goes too high. We have to change the insulin and inset to the pump every 3 days. We've done it twice at home now and although it's still a two man job, it's not a big ordeal.

The only slight hardship we've had lately is that K's been sneaking food... We don't get mad at her but let her know that she can usually have the food item, but just has to tell us first so we can dose her. We know we will have plenty of challenges ahead of us, but we are just thankful for this very manageable week!!