All is going well. Sheila starts radiation treatments next week and the prognosis is very good. There really shouldn't be any problems.
Isaac got his insulin pump in the mail this week and we are waiting for him to get out of the shower so I can get in and then we're going in to Mansfield for a training session on how to use it. I really think this is going to make a big difference in his diabetes management. The doc seems to think so as well.
Sheila's van was finally fixed so now she can't borrow her mom's new Impala anymore and ride around in a nice air-conditioned car. It's back to her van in which the air-conditioning is on strike. She said it's ok. She just drives faster and gets the wind blowing through.
Hana and Ben are getting ready to get back into the groove of college life and Preston is chomping at the bit to get into second grade. Isaac, well, let's just say his excitement regarding school is still in the development stage. Our new foster son just left a little bit ago for a home visit and he'll be back on Tuesday.
Sorry bout that. It's now evening...about 11 hours after I started this post. Isaac learned all about his pump. I couldn't keep up but the nurse assistant said kids learn it a whole lot easier than adults do. It's like a new video game to them. He was pushing buttons faster than she could follow. He certainly lives by his dad's process of learning new technologies. "Push buttons until something happens."
Right now he's just carrying it around, entering the numbers that he normally would so he can get used to how it works. Monday they'll hook it up and he'll run saline through it for a day or so and then start running insulin through it. It's amazing the technology that they've come out with. His glucometer, the new one that came with the pump, automatically "beams" the number for his blood sugar to the pump so the pump knows what to do with the sugar reading. There is a sensor attachment that is a separate order that gives a continuous blood sugar reading by automatically testing his blood sugar every five minutes. But the docs don't want to use it just yet, plus it costs another $1000, plus insurances are just now starting to cover it and ours hasn't gotten on the train yet. Maybe soon.
After that was over, we stopped for lunch and came home for a nap. Felt like Sunday. I just woke up. Another day gone.
So that's it. Life in the fast lane.
I asked my wife, "Why don't we ever do anything exciting like other people?"
She said, "We can't fit it on the schedule."
There you go.
6 comments:
i hate when life gets so busy that we forget to do some of the fun stuff we use to.
i hope that having a pump controls isaac's sugar. i've seen a lot of patients and it's been a life saver...i hope that is the same with him.
good luck to sheila this week. i'll be thinkin' about her.
and naps are sooooo a necessity!
And why would you want to be like every one else? Besides, excitement is way over rated.
Yay for Issac's new gadget. Sounds like a really good way to breath easier.
And I too will be thinking about you all this week. The best to Sheila!
Normal is just a setting on the dryer. Not very exciting. Just keep us posted on your exciting journey through life.
Exciting? Who-Me? Yeah, right bubba! We got the house trim painted, baked some bread, lurched from check-up appt. to the next, mowed the lawn a gazillion times, took out the trash...bla bla bla. Now back to school for me too! whoppeee! Where did my EXCITING summer go?
But still, God has blessed me with exactly what I needed. How great is that!??
Sounds like your pieces are falling into place.
Hey, would you mind bringing me over a mansfield toilet? Actually, it's for a friend of mine, (buckeye born!). Her toilet broke and she wants to replace it with a Mansfield.
Sure, Anne, I have no problem running a commode your way. Does she want one with or without the fur trim and the detachable face?
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