Today was a milestone day for me. Today is the first day I left Kacey with anyone other than school or my Mom. I had to be at the training at 8am and school doesnt start until 8:40am. I took her to Frankie's cousin's house (who happens to be a very good friend of mine and her daughter is the same age as Kacey) I knew I could trust Bev with Kacey. I showed her Kacey's bag yesterday and showed her how to work the glucagon (just in case!). I dropped Kacey off at 7:45am and headed to my training. I got a break at lunch and I called the school to check on her and she was doing fine :) But I did get a bit of a "monkey wrench" thrown into my plans. I was originally told that it was going to be Tues & Thurs from 8am-4:30pm and now it's going to be on Friday! Well that means it's the last day of school before winter break. That also means I miss Kacey's school party. But most important...she has a fieldtrip that day!!! Shes going to the movies and I am VERY nervous now. It will be the first fieldtrip that I've not gone on since her diagnosis. I sat there brainstorming about what I needed to do. I can't miss my training on Friday because they aren't offering it again until next August. Sooooo....I am going to have her test before she leaves for the movie at 9:30am....eat a snack at the movie....then test when she gets back at 12pm. Hopefully this will eliminate any lows while she's out and then we can deal with the high once she gets back to school. OMG...I feel like I'm panicing over nothing but I'm scared to let her go. I know she will be ok and she can sit with the teacher during the movie. I am hoping that Bev (Frankie's cousin) will be able to go. Kacey & Whitney are in the same class and they were only allowing a certain number of chaperones to go. If they let her go then she can sit with her and she will know what to do (just in case!)
OK....Im gonna shut up and stop rambling!
LOL....so yeah it was a long day today. Lots of stuff about policies and procedures that I already knew from being in the classroom already.
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It'll be okay. :) No worries. (I know you can't help it. You are a mom.)
Thanks Cara! I think I was just looking for the reassurance that it would be "okay". I had a chance to speak with her teacher yesterday morning. Did I mention how much I REALLY love her teacher? Anyway, Mrs. M's husband is Type 2 and so she's used to being around diabetes plus she's to the point now that she can tell when Kacey isnt feeling "quite right" and knows shes going high if shes grumpy and if shes not her normal talkative self then shes dropping down. So I do feel comfortable with Kacey being with her. My biggest concern was...will Mrs. M be comfortable caring for her 100% without a nurse or Mom around? So when I spoke to her yesterday she said "I'm comfortable with it as long as you're comfortable with it!" That was music to my ears! It really took some of the pressure off of me. So she is going to take Kacey's kit with her and there will be a snack packed in there for Kacey and she can eat it while she is at the movies and they will be back at 12pm and she can test then and get ready for lunch :) So it will all work out! Plus Mrs. M said "You know if there is a problem I will have my cell and I will call you and get you out of class immediately!" *sigh* Yeah I knew that...but it was something I just needed to be reminded of!
Thanks for the reassurance! :)
Alrighty...I'm a little late in commenting....& reading blogs...but if I had read this when it was posted I woulda tried to reassure you, but then woulda said how hard it is to let others care for our children when we are so used to doing it....or having certain people do it. Not easy....
O.K. none of that makes sense...but it looks like it's going to work out great!:)
Lynnea~ Thats one of my biggest issues...learning to let someone else care for her. You know as Mommies we think no one else can care for our kids the way we do! It's hard letting that go and realizing that others CAN care for her even though they might not do it MY way or as best as I think possible...they'd never let her get hurt. I still struggle with this on a daily basis when she's at school and some things I have to let slide and others really bother me!
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