Thursday, February 24, 2011
Time Flies!!!
I can't believe its already been a month since Hudson was first diagnosed!!! That sure went by fast. We are still working on keeping his blood sugars normal and most days they are except for a few spikes during the day which our Diabetic Consultant is working on. Once we have Hudson's sugars stabilized , which means he is normal for at least 3 days than we can learn how to adjust his dosages which is a huge step and seems so hard right now. The first week we were home, Hudson still had the flu so we were constantly checking for ketones and trying to stuff anything into his tummy that we could... icecream for supper, Goldfish crackers for breakfast... Apple sauce any time and Chocolate milk with every meal. Now that he is better we are finding that he is eating everything that he loved to eat before all of this and its totally fine!! I am so glad and thankful that we didn't really need to change how we lived to adjust with his new life. Our Consultant. Sylvia told me the other day " You don't adjust your life to fit diabetes, you adjust the diabetes to fit your life!" its so true. Hudson doesn't need to miss out on Birthday parties, Birthday cake, Christmas Cookies, Trick or Treating, Cupcakes, Carnivals, or yummy road trip snacks. You don't avoid life, you make diabetes a part of your life... its not your whole life ( which some days it seems like it is) it doesn't define who Hudson is... Hudson is himself. He is a little boy, he is fun, he loves to sing and dance, he loves to play lego for hours, and has character voices for all his Thomas the Trains. He can watch the movie Cars or Horton Hears a Who over and over. He loves to play in the snow, splash in puddles, play in the mud and find bugs. Hudson is a diabetic but it doesn't interfere with who he is, and who he will become. I am amazed as I look back over this first month at how much we have all learnt, how much we have grown (literally! Hudson grew an inch and gained over 3 pounds since we have come home) how much more comfortable we are and how much more confident we are. Hudson is more accustomed to the needles and pokes, but some days when I actually get a chance to think of all we have gone through and what we yet have to go through, it still brings tears to my eyes. This is forever. This is our life. This will not define us. This is just life, happening.
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You're come a long way, Baby!
Six months from now, you'll be stunned at where you are...and then a year, and another...
We're almost 6 years in, and I still reflect every year just how much has become "normal"...and yet how much there is left to learn.
Never stop learning and growing.
And always celebrate victories -- like a target blood sugar -- or the awesome kiddo God has trusted to your care :)
Thanks Wendy :) I can't believe how well Hudson is taking all of this!!! Even after another needle is added to our daily routine! We feel so blessed to have him in our lives and we think everyday of how quickly he could have been taken from us. We are thankful every day for his beautiful life :) There is a ton to learn and a ton to understand, but we will get there... one step at a time... I am so grateful for people like you who have gone through years of this and are still standing strong and are able and willing to share your side of things and to encourage us newbies when we feel like at times this is unbearable :)
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