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"Hoping my girl is enjoying her 3rd year at Diabetes Camp KnoKoma. We get her back on Saturday!"

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Vicki S commented on jessica's group 'Oh! BABY!!!'

"I am not a type 1 but have a good friend who is type 1 and just had a baby 12 days ago. She is looking for advice on breastfeeding. She is having major bg lows just after breastfeeding and wants advice from other moms who have successfully…"

Jun 11, 2011

Vicki S replied to Trev's discussion 'How often do you explain to people the difference between Type 1 & Type 2?'

"I have not read through all the posts - but I am a parent of a Type 1 and a spouse of a Type 1 and have 2 other children, with our youngest having genetic markers indicating that she may develop Type 1 at some point. After our daughter was dx at…"

Mar 19, 2011

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Date diagnosed: July 22, 2008

Most recent HbA1C %, date of result (optional): 6.7

Type of treatment/devices you use: Pump

What pump model do you use, if any?: Pink Animas Ping

Enter your website, if any (blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc.): http://shawlfamily5.blogspot.com

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We are a happy family of 5. My husband Mark, me and our 3 girls - Willow, Ava and Haleigh. Mark was dx with Type 1 diabetes when we were still dating some 15 years ago. His sister was diagnosed with T1 when she was 12 - almost 30 years ago. And then this past July - our daughter Willow - age 7 showed all the signs and symptoms! We knew and our journey began. I have always supported and somewhat understood the day in and day out ordeal that Diabetes causes. But when I began managing a child with diabetes - I truly began to understand all that my husband and his sister have dealt with for so many years. Willow is a remarkable child and so reslilient. In fact, if it were not that I knew the signs - she may not have been diagnosed as early as she was. Fortunatly she did not have ketones although her A1c was 14%. Today she has an A1c of 6.7 - we just got our approval for the insulin pump thru insurance and we will be heading down that road in the next few months. I frequent www.childrenwithdiabetes.com forums for parents. But I like that here I can sort of have my own space!! I look forward to getting to "know" you all!

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Our pump start . . .you all probably know all this -I just needed to express it!

Posted on February 19, 2009 at 7:56pm 6 Comments 0 Likes

Daily, right now, we give Willow on average about 4 shots. But she gets very little insulin in each of those shots. I was recently asked (by a pharmacist) if she takes so little insulin why does she even still need it - have we tried the pills . . .Huh? She is Type 1 I tell her and go on to explain: Well it's not like other medications . . .insulin is a hormone that our bodies make anyway and each of us makes a different amt to work with the food we eat. Her pancreas does not make insulin… Continue

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At 8:18pm on March 22, 2010, Asma said…: Handle with care,Judi Picoult
;D
nice one :]

At 10:53am on February 19, 2010, Asma said…: I just finished reading a novel which had a heroine named Willow,I really like the name.
and by the way,your pictures are super cool :D

At 1:26am on February 19, 2010, Kristin said…: I saw that Willow will try putting the site on the bum. That is my favorite place (though I had to stop using it for a while because I used it too much). I usually sit down while I insert to make sure that I won't put the infusion set somewhere where I will be sitting on it all the time.

Take care!

At 3:36pm on February 18, 2010, FatCatAnna said…: I'm tearing up here - just saw Willow's picture after having the Inset put in. I actually no longer use those. I do not like pain myself (you'd think I'd be used to it by now). I've started to use the Contact Detach which is a stainless steel needle infusion set (comes in 6 mm/ 8mm). No pain for me, even tho’ it’s a needle, tho’ due to Willows age not sure if this will work for her and if you can talk to a diabetes educator and/or get some samples from Animas (they sent me a WHOLE box) – it might be worth a try. I have another young D friend her Sloane that prefers these type of infusion sets as well. One of the reasons I went to the stainless steel infusion set was I have a slight reaction to the Teflon cannula. With the steel, nothing, when I remove it 3 days later (I am a good girl) – you would not know the infusion set or anything was there.
Anna from Montreal
The Roller Coaster Ride of Diabetes

At 8:28am on October 3, 2009, Keyanna R. and Syeda R. said…: Wow it sure did take only 4 months for u to respond. LOL:) But hey it's ok. Thanks for still replying! Yes we have looked into the pump for Syeda. We should have been received it but due to insurace difficulties we have not. We've been waiting for about 3-4 months now. Hopfully just a lil longer? So in the mean time I do have Syeda on a diet which is cruel. Hope all is well with you and your family and I too have an 8 year old daughter as well :)

At 10:16pm on June 10, 2009, Keyanna R. and Syeda R. said…: Another question, because this might happen to you as well. What do you do when your daughter is BEGGING to eat (even though she has already had her recommended carbs) and she's not low? Syeda has a tendacy of doing this between her meals very often. I know there's a few free foods, but the ones we know she doesn't eat or want.
P.S I hope it's alright, but you might become my BFF LOL!!

At 10:07pm on June 10, 2009, Keyanna R. and Syeda R. said…: Hi Vicki, I was reading some comments about the Animus Ping Pump and ran across your comment. I too am a mother of a daughter with Type 1 diabetes. She turned four today! She was dianosed back in January and her numbers have been averaging too high (255mg). So her Endo suggested the pump, plus she will be starting VPK in August. She's been getting 3-5 injections a day, only three are mandatory. The others are corrections for her being high. I'm sad to say that I still have not gotten this b/g correcting under control. Here I am blabbing away when my question is this: does inserting the conula hurt that bad? Worse than needle injecting? Also how old is your daughter?

At 8:26am on May 13, 2009, Marie B said…: hi, Vicki! Have you tried EMLA cream for Willow's site changes? It totally numbs the skin. I've been using it for years.

At 4:50pm on April 13, 2009, Patti Burns said…: HAPPY BELATED EASTER

At 2:44pm on April 5, 2009, samantha said…: Hi Vicki, how are things going for you and Willow? Is she doing well on the pump? It's been a couple of weeks now and i was curious how she was adjusting. I just got the paper work for Avery's pump. I choose the minimed pump. I like it because of the glucose monitoring system that goes with it. So we should be pumping soon. Avery also takes very small amounts of insulin. I'm happy that he will only have one poke every three days instead of 15 to 18. The glucose monitoring will be nice to alert me when he is going high and low. So far Avery is doing really good. He just had his A1c test done and it was 8.9 with an average of 207. I'm hoping that we can get that down now that i'am understanding his diabetes better. I hope you guys are doing well.