my son is doing fine. of course we deal with highs and lows, but my son is taking it all in stride. the child is remarkable. i'm so lucky to have him and my daughter.

my daughter has an active social life and it often leaves my son feeling left out. so when he got the invite to go home with a friend after school, i had to say yes. even though they were going out of town 30 minutes away, and they were going out to eat. all of this was a first for all of us. the mother of his friend dealing with my diabetic child, my son checking his blood and giving himself a shot, without me or dad with him. all while he was far from home. he is 7 and he did such a good job with it.

i prepared a note that listed what his friend's mother needed to know. i outlined and highlighted the basic important info. she said she was going to keep the note in her glove box, so she will have it anytime my son is with them again.

basically i feel like i took a huge chance, mostly because they went out of town. you just never know. i just wanted my son not to feel like diabetes will prevent him from doing anything. especially not simple things like hanging out with friends. i think he has felt that way in the past.

last year when he was on nph, the regime was way too tough to get around. he wanted to stay the night with friends, but that would mean we would have to be with him at 8:30p.m. for his bedtime shot and his morning shot was scheduled for 7:00a.m., and who would check him in the middle of the night? he even played little league while on that 7:00a, 11:30a ,6:30p ,and 8:30p schedule, and he always had a game at 6:00p.m. which meant that we would have to get him from the dug out, do the whole blood checking routine and have him force something down, all before it was his turn to bat or get back on the field. everything we ever did that year seemed to fall around shot time.

i'm so glad lantus is much more flexible. i've heard a lot of positive things about the pump, i'm not sure when we will make the switch. i worry about choosing the wrong pump.