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response from a Senator

January 30, 2008 – 9:34 pm

I wrote to the Senators and Representatives from Oklahoma in October after I wrote this post. Several of the senators and representatives have responded. I received the response below in an email today. I appreciate that Senator Coburn took the time to respond so thoughtfully. His response makes sense to [...]

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sick day

January 30, 2008 – 8:54 am

I’m home with youngest daughter today. Her morning blood sugar reading was 347. The goal is to stay between 80 and 150. Typical morning readings are around 100.
She did a correction bolus and is back in bed asleep. She’s been complaining of headaches, a sore throat and has sinus drainage for [...]

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diabetes

December 17, 2007 – 9:56 pm

Last year, on December 18, 2006, DD11 was diagnosed with type I diabetes. It’s been a long, hard year but also a really good year at the same time.

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finally… no ketones!

November 17, 2007 – 8:14 am

Last night at 9:00pm was the first time DD11 has not had ketones in her urine since Tuesday at noon. Through the night and this morning, she remains ketone free. YIPPEE!!!
Now maybe we can get some rest. We’re both exhausted from getting up all night long to check blood sugars & [...]

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Introducing Just call me… Pissy Polly!

November 15, 2007 – 9:33 pm

I called the diabetes educator on call at 4:45pm. The new educator called back at 5:15. In my opinion, 30 minutes is way too long for a return call from a pager dedicated only to diabetes emergencies. Every other educator (I’ve spoken to quite a few this week) has called back in [...]

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Diabetes documentary to air on 18 of November

November 15, 2007 – 1:25 pm

I just read a wonderful post about diabetes by Kerri at sixuntilme.com.
I found an article at CNNMoney.com about the hour-long documentary, narrated by Glenn Close, that Kerri references in her blog post. It’s airing on the Discovery Health channel at 9:00am on November 18, 2007, and at 8:00am on December 2 [...]

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November 14, 2007 – 7:18 pm

We’ve been home again today. DD11’s blood sugar came down through the night last night. She was just under 300 this morning with low ketones. I was actually up and ready to go to work when she ran to the bathroom and began dry heaving. Mom had said that she’d stay home with her, but [...]

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November 14, 2007 – 7:18 pm

We’ve been home again today. DD11’s blood sugar came down through the night last night. She was just under 300 this morning with low ketones. I was actually up and ready to go to work when she ran to the bathroom and began dry heaving. Mom had said that she’d stay home with her, but [...]

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sick day

November 13, 2007 – 2:18 pm

I was home from work yesterday with DD11. Cough, cold, fever. Today she went to school, but called around 11:30am after throwing up twice (she was sent back to class after calling me to pick her up, by the way, but that’s another post for a different day).
My dad picked her up from school [...]

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diabetes in the news

October 25, 2007 – 4:32 pm

I just read an article titled,“Activists Fight to Rewrite Disability Act,” by Joseph Shapiro
at npr.org. It’s about a Wal-Mart pharmacist in Nebraska who was fired because he is diabetic. He wears an insulin pump like DD(age11) does. I’m appalled that things like this are still going on.
Discrimination because the man has diabetes [...]

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