The Olsen Update

Today is Alana's 2nd "Diaversary".  I'm so proud of her and how far we have come. I remember sitting in the ICU with my 6 year old, who was dying before my eyes.  She was weak and not there.  Alana was so brave.  She saw the pain  in my eyes and would tell me that she was going to be Okay. Jen (Alana's first DIAbuddy) and Wendy where the first people I called. I know they came into our lives when they did for a reason.  With out them I may have fallen apart. It seemed like a whirl-wind. Dr.s, nurses, educators.  I felt like I was in a dream land.  There's no way that this was happening to my child. She was perfect.  After four days in the ICU we were left to medically care for someone who's life now relied so heavily on us and insulin.  Alana was thrilled to go home.  I on the other hand was scared to death.  As we drove away from the hospital, I half wanted to turn back. As I look back at these events, I think ...

While at fundraising event for our Walk to Cure team, I was asked the same question several times.       So who's Alana? After pointing her out their response to her was... But you don't look sick. How many times do you look at a person with a handicap permit and say... They don't need that.   They look fine. I'll admit.  I've shamefully said it before.  So many of us look at people with a disease or disability as if it's something you have to see for it to be real. If you don't see Alana's insulin pump or see her check her blood sugar, you might not realize she has a disease at all.  She's a pretty healthy kid, diabetes aside. She rides her bike, swims, climbs the monkey bars and gets good grades. But we're that family.  The one who's counting every single carb that enters Alana's body.  Always referring to our Calorie King app for the right numbers.  We're that family who dreads pizza night because we know that it make...

This is what we did instead of getting work done today. Happy Spring Break EVERYONE!!!

I know a lot of people have been waiting to hear from me since yesterday.  To be honest  I'm not  sure what I'm supposed to think at this point. To lighten the mood.  Here's a pic of Ariana in what she wore to the DR. appointment. It went a little like this... Dr. Riley sat Ariana and I down.  He gave her a look over and looked at her charts and results from the test done by  Dr. Sim. He then quickly jumped in telling me about the different studies he had worked on for over thirty years. Two of which was geared towards us. The first was a study where they tested siblings of T1D patients for the markers of T1D.  Those who had the markers (classified as T1D Dysglycemic) would be tracked by the Doctors to see what happened with their blood sugar leading up to going "full blown".  What they found was, in the weeks, months or even years before they were full blown, their Blood Sugar would do this little ...

This morning I got a call from the nurse (Rosie) in our pediatrician's office. She told me that Ariana's test results are back and everything looked "Normal", but that it seemed that Ariana was dehydrated.  Rosie then wend on to tell me that they sent on the results to our Endocrinologist and that they would take care of things from there. But if everything is ok, why are they sending her to the Endo? Then I sent a text to our Diabetic Educator (Nannette) to verify the info had been sent. She had received it and told me to make an appointment for "Hyperglycemia". WHAT? Nannette told me that they would do more blood work and dive deeper into this. Tomorrow I'll be taking Ariana to the Endo, which is totally weird to me.  Dr. Riley has been Alana's zone.  Now my girls will share this.  Maybe.  I guess nothing is written in stone yet. So now what? I get to sit for over ...

This morning I woke up frustrated.  Both Ariana and Amelia's blood sugar both are up... AGAIN.  I hate waiting for results. Ariana's morning fasting BG: 134 Amelia's morning fasting BG: 138 UUUUUugggggghhhhh!!!!! Today I took Cupcakes to Ariana's school to celebrate her birthday.  She wore yellow.... AGAIN.  I'm guessing it's a yellow kind of week. There is a tention in the air in the Olsen home.  Not understanding whats going on in these girls bodies. Is this what Alana's blood sugar did before she was diagnosed? The ideas keep rushing by us so fast and no one thing makes since. ...still waiting for test results...