Penny R.'s Blog (15)

Hi guys. I hardly ever post here. But, I'm around. I visit often and join in discussions occasionally.

I just wanted to refer you to my regular blog. I've been posting at My Son Has Diabetes for a little over 2 years now. That's why I never post here. It's hard for me to keep up with one blog, let alone two.

I probably won't post here again. I have a feed to my blog on my tudiabetes page so my most recent post is always in the

Please take time to go to the video section and check out my video entitled Walk of Hope 2007.

It is the video I made for my walk this year.

I was speaking to another mother of a child with D today about Walk of Hope. I had invited her daughter to come out and walk as well as to be included in my Faces of Hope presentation. I didn't even ask for a donation because I knew they participated in a JDRF walk.

She said she had never heard of The Iacocca Foundation. I wasn't surprised. I'm sure plenty

Walk of Hope is coming up in a few short weeks. I am doing a presentation again this year entitled "The Faces of Hope".

It's just a little slide show of people with Type 1 with a info like their age, age at diagnosis, hobbies, where they live (if they chose to share). Along with that I need a picture.

I had 22 hopeful faces last year. But, this year I only have 10.

If any of you would like to help me out I'd appreciate it

About three weeks after Riley was diagnosed, he checked his own sugar for the first time. But, then, we started checking it for him. It was just easier (and quicker) that way.

Michael and I have been talking lately about how we need to start getting him back in the habit of checking his sugar himself since he will be checking it once he starts school. But, I’ve been putting it off. I didn’t really know why. I thought maybe it was because it’s just easier to do it myself.

Michael

Riley's had quite a few lows lately. I'm talking 40s and 50s. They started on Friday. We went to a football game and he played in the playground the whole time (with a decreased basal), he started running low after that, but I thought I just didn't decrease his basal enough.

I've increased his insulin sensitivity factor. I've decreased his basals and yet he's still going low. I'm even subtracting insul

I just wanted to mention my walk here. I don't need to give you guys the statistics. I don't need to review how often Riley gets stuck with needles or how he feels when he's high or low. I don't need to spout of the statistics of shorter life spans and complications. You know all that already. You live it.

You know why we need a cure. Soon. All the advancements in CGMS and newer insulins are great, but I want a cure.

That's why I am sponsoring my own walk. There is not a local w

At Walk of Hope last year I did a presentation entitled "Faces of Hope".

I had people with type 1 diabetes email me pictures of them or their child along with name, age, age at diagnosis, where they live, basically whatever info they felt comfortable sharing. I had about 20 people send me pictures.

My purpose for doing this was to show those in attendance that this isn't only about my son, but also the millions of others who live with this disease every day and to show that thos

I’ve been spending a lot of time on tudiabetes lately reading stories of other parents. The parents of kids with type 1 group now has 45 members. While it’s great that the resource is there, it saddens me that these people fit into this group at all.

Some parents there have been living this disease through their chi

This is a post I wrote on my blog back in January. I thought I'd share it here.

It was 4:30 in the morning. I heard a voice coming from the other room.

“Daddy?”

I nudged Michael to wake him and told him Riley had just called him. He immediately got up and went to see wh

Hi all you parents of kids with Type1!

I just wanted to let you know that I started a tudiabetes group for parents of kids with D if you'd like to join. That will make it easier for all of us to connect with each other.

Take care,

Penny

Hi all.

Just wanted to introduce myself a bit. I have 2 beautiful boys and a wonderful husband. My oldest, Holden, is 16. And my youngest, Riley, is 5.

Riley was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in October '05 when he was 3. He started on an Animas insulin pump in March of '06.

It's taken me a while,but I think I've finally gotten over the initial shock and overwhelming grief that comes from being the parent of a child with D.

I'm not sure how much I'll post here, so