Happy Mother's Day!

I just wanted to take a moment and wish all the Mom's out there a very Happy Mother's Day! I'll be back later to post about my day!

Perfect Snack

I can normally get all of my grocery shopping done in about an hour and a half but today it took me 3 hours! Why? Well because we're getting tired of eating the same thing over and over so I took my time (with 2 kids in tow) and went aisle by aisle looking for new things to try. I made it a game with the girls to help me find new things they'd like to eat. Kacey really wasn't into the game and all I kept hearing was...

"I'm tired!"

"My feet hurt!"

"My tummy hurts!"

"I don't feel good"

"I think I feel low! I need to test."

"I'm only a 113 but I feel low!"

"I'm hungry!"

(and the list goes on)

It made it very difficult to shop and I really don't know why I put myself through the whole issue of taking her with me. Kayleigh is a big help when I go because she holds my coupons and she can go get another cart if we need one. I even tried letting Kacey push the cart and it was too heavy so I let her be coupon holder and she said they made her fingers sweaty...LOL! So it wasn't until we hit the freezer section that she got interested in the game we were trying to play. I had a few coupons for some new little ice cream cones and I was having her search for them. Imagine her surprise when she ran across these.......

She immediately belted out a squeal and grabbed a box of them and flipped it over. "Mom! Mom! MOMMMMM! LOOK! It's only 4 carbs!!!" I know the lady standing there thought we were crazy but she was the one who needed help when she said, "Awww is someone watching their weight?" Ummm....ok it was all I could do not to smack this lady so I killed her with kindness and replied. "Nope we're not watching our weight, she's got type 1 diabetes and it's a perfect snack when we find something like this!" I'm sure you can imagine the look on her face and how she wanted to insert her foot! I turned back to Kacey and continued my conversation with her. "Wowwwwww Mom! Can we try them? Please!!!!" ......"ABSOLUTELY! In fact, let's try 2 different boxes." (they had 3 different boxes) Kacey is a HUGE Crystal Light fan. That is normally all she drinks. I make her the orange drink and it's perfect for breakfast and she loves the peach tea and we put that in her water bottle for school. We've tried the lip staining Fruit Punch and the tongue staining Grape but she doesn't drink those regularly because she says they are "too sweet". Kacey literally skipped through the store with those popscicles in hand.

She usually has a snack for bedtime and these are perfect for that when her sugars are high. Tonight she tested for bedtime at 8pm and since she was outside playing all afternoon, Herbie said she was a 62! She started to cry because she wanted the popscicle for snack. MMmmmk....popscicle and one glucose tab...that should do it! And 15 minutes later....retest...123....ahhhhhh perfect! I rechecked at 11pm to make sure she wasn't dropping again and she was a 146.

I have a feeling that we're going to be keeping a stash of these popscicles in the freezer. They're still a "treat" but it's one of those treats that don't make you feel bad and they will be great for her high's. So after all the drama through the grocery store....I think we managed to come out on top! If you get a chance to check them out in your ice cream section....try them! I had one of the peach tea ones and they are delicious and very icy.

Happy Mother's Day Miley!

Not long ago, my fat cat Henry passed away. Our family was pretty shaken from his loss and I kept reminding the girls that we still had Miley outside. She was our indoor cat until about a month before Henry died and for some reason she started "acting out" and she was destroying things in the house and attacking Kayleigh for no reason at all. We made the tough decision to let Miley stay outside. She really enjoyed the outside and was always hanging around with Henry. It wasn't long before she was following in Henry's footsteps and bringing us "presents" (mice, birds and even a baby rabbit...ugh!) I didn't discourage her because we live on 5 acres and there are field all around us so mice can be a terrible problem and I like having a "mousetrap" that I don't have to set...haha! She's adjusted well to being outside, put on weight and is always on the porch to greet us when the car pulls up. So when Henry died, Miley grieved with us. She lost some weight and walked around the yard with this "lost" look on her cute little face.

A few weeks ago, I noticed she had made peace with Kayleigh and she was being more lovable than she'd ever been. I'd even found her curled up beside Kayleigh on the porch as she listened to her iPod. I figured I'd made a great decision and it was working out for the best. I noticed that she'd finally put some weight back on and she was running around like a crazy kitty. About 3 weeks ago, I told Frankie that I thought maybe she had worms because her belly looked a little "bloated". Being outside, I figured her chances for worms were much greater so we wormed her. Then I noticed her belly wasn't shrinking and Frankie said, "You don't think shes..." NOOOO! She can't be! Henry was fixed! Ummmm wait....the lady that I got him from told me he was fixed but was he really? So then about a week ago, Miley was just laying around on the deck and not going very far for anything. She was wanting to be loved on and meowed more than usual. It wasn't until she decided to laying on her back with all fours in the air that I noticed ....holybigboobiesbatman! Ummmm yeah I think we have a problem here! LOL! Now it was just a waiting game!

Yesterday when I came home from work, there in Miley's barrel (she's got a big plastic barrel we made for her to sleep in with an old comforter and pillow for her to lay on) were her and 4 KITTENS! I was suddenly overwhelmed and sat down in the deck and sobbed. Two of them were identical to her and the other two.... the colors of Henry! Could it be? We'll never know but my girls cried right along with me as they told Miley that Henry would be so proud of them! This was about 5pm and I went back to check on her around 7pm and she was laying there feeding them so I didn't disturb her. I went out to check on her this morning.....1, 2, 3, 4, .....5! WHAT?!?! She'd had one more kitten last night. It's been very warm here the last few days and so she decided to move them. Where? Ahhhh yes...right under the bush in my freshly mulched flower bed....haha! Mom & babies are doing well though!
Happy Mother's Day Miley!

Tagged

I was tagged by Shamae & Rachel for this one :) so here goes....

8 Things I'm looking forward to.....
1. SUMMER! (less than a month til school is out!)
2. Frankie's hours picking up
3. Going to NC this summer to relax
4. Cleaning my house
5. All my flowers blooming
6. Getting a full night sleep
7. All day Scrapbook event next Saturday
8. Ultimately my final thing is A CURE!

8 Things I Did Yesterday......
1. Helped tutor a little boy in 1st grade
2. Got a call for Kacey to speak with JDRF when they go meet Glenn Nye
3. Taught 1st grade the 2nd half of the day
4. Walked around the yard before the storm rolled in to see what was blooming
5. Sat on the porch and talked with Frankie
6. Helped Kacey with her homework
7. Fell asleep at 8:30pm and missed all of American Idol (woke up as Allison was leaving...LOL)
8. Updated my blog


8 Things I Wish I could Do.....
1. Go to Hawaii this summer
2. Sleep all night
3. Lose this dang weight
4. Sit all day and do nothing (altho I'd prolly go bonkers...haha!)
5. Take the girls to Disney
6. Go to the event with JDRF on Friday
7. Control Kacey's pancreas completely
8. Find that Cure!


8 Shows I Watch.....
1. American Idol
2. Law & Order
3. CSI
4. Biggest Loser
5. Hell's Kitchen
6. House
7. Days of Our Lives
8. anything on late night when I cant sleep

8 People I Want To Read 8 Things About.....
1--Wendy (Candy Hearts)
2--Sheri (No Sugar Needed)
3--Cara (Every Day...)
4--Penny (My Son Has Diabetes)
5--Kelly (Chasing Numbers)
6--Karen (Bitter Sweet)
7--Amy (Mom of a Diabetic Princess)
8--Anyone else that wants to share this :D
(I tried not to tag ones Rachel & Shamae already got!)

Speaking Out

I got a very cool phone call today from Lori at JDRF. For those of you that haven't read further back in my blog, Lori is the lady I was put in touch with for Kacey to receive her Bag of Hope from JDRF when she came out of the hospital. Lori sent us Rufus :) (which we will forever be greatful for!) So back to my phone call... I was at work today and my phone rang with a local number. I took the call and it was her! She was calling to ask Kacey and I to join JDRF when they go to visit Congressman Glenn Nye on Friday. My first instinct... OMG WOOOOWWWW Thats COOL!!!! Then I was quickly hit with... Oh crap! Friday is a school day...Kacey will miss out on school work...I have a job that day and I don't want to have to cancel. Geesh....what a priviledge to be able to go speak with JDRF. I hope this isn't one of those opportunities I'm going to kick myself for not doing. We would have to get up and leave the house by 6am to miss all the morning traffic and head down to Va Beach. Then fight everything coming home. I wouldn't mind doing that but since it's a school day and she's missed so many days already for being sick, I'm going to pass it up. I did tell Lori to PLEASE let us know when something else like this comes up because I know my "Lil D-Advocate" would love to participate in something like this. She does such a wonderful job educating everyone around her and getting people involved so this was right up her alley!

Been a busy few days for us. I love being back to work! I love the reward of walking down the hall and having my name shouted and followed by waving arms and to top it off...the reward of being bombarded with kids who give you hugs because they miss you being in their class! It makes it all worth it :)

Kacey's numbers took a turn after those fries. We're still battling blood sugars in the 300's with no reason why. So, were the fries really evil or did her body just say "Enough with being normal, it's time to drive Mumma nuts again!" I'm beginning to think it's the second one! Hopefully with the use of Dex we will be able to see if there is a pattern to these numbers that we just can't seem to catch with testing 8-10 times a day.

Evil Fries

I've come to the conclusion that Kacey just can't have french fries without her blood sugar shooting to the moon. We've tried a few times to have them and bolused different each time and she still goes high. Last night, we were doing a quick dinner and Kacey wanted fries. She ended up bouncing up into the 300's and stayed high all night...woke up grumpy...and was still in the 300's at snacktime. We've just accepted that for now we just can't do fries!

I went to join the gym today! :D As soon as I signed my membership papers, I was off to the locker room to put my bag up and I headed right out to the treadmill. I completed a 30 min walk and was drenched! I'm so proud of myself :) I've had so much more energy this afternoon.

Change of plans for my meeting this week. The EC had an unexpected death in her family and she will be out until May 11th. So we have to postpone the meeting. Kacey goes back to the Endo on the 11th and so we will meet the EC that day. She will also be hooked up to Dex that day!

I'm substituting at school every day this week (Yaaaayyyyyy!) so I won't be around as much but I will check in as I can.

Worth It

Some days I have to dig really deep and accept that it's ok to do things to please myself. I'm always pleasing everyone around me and doing things for other people that I forget to take time for myself or I end up with not enough hours in the day for it. Two years ago, I had knee surgery. It sent me in a downward spiral in weight gain and put me in a miserable place. In the last 6 months or so, I've lost 30 pounds and dropped 2 pants sizes but I still feel I have a long way to go. I found out a few weeks ago, I can get a gym membership with the local gym for a little over $20 a month since I work for the county. I used to have a membership to this gym before my knee surgery and I loved it! I loved how I felt after workouts, I loved how it made me look and most of all I was doing something for myself. The last 10 months, since Kacey's diagnosis, I haven't done very much for myself. My days are spent taking care of her and if I'm not the one taking care of her then I spent it worrying about her being taken care of. After chatting with a dear friend lately, I've found my desire to do something for myself that makes me feel good. Tomorrow morning I am going back to the gym! I am going to workout on days that I'm not subbing at school. I must admit, I'm very excited but I'm also very scared. This will be the first time I've really done any heavy exercise since my knee surgery. S-L-O-W...thats how I'm going to take it. I know my knee will never be the same but with some regular exercise I think I'll do just fine!

As for things on the diabetes front....Kacey's numbers have still been amazing. She's had a few highs but nothing really abnormal. They seem to be consistant highs at the 2am checks so not sure whats going on there? I have my meeting with the school this week and next week is Kacey's visit back to the Endo.

Calm Few Days

It's been an extremely calm few days on the diabetes front. (God, please don't let me jinx myself when saying this....) Kacey's numbers have been excellent with only a few lows. She's back to being "normal" and feeling wonderful on top of that.

She's had excellent luck with the hip site and now we're on her second hip site but on the other side. She really likes having it back there and it's out of the way and doesn't bother her one bit!

My reason for not being here...I've been working :D I've had several jobs this week along with helping out with RIF so I just haven't had the time to be here. When I get home, I'm worn right out!

But other than that, things are going great! :D I'll post more over the weekend!