Courtney

For those of u who don't know Miss Courtney Jean .....she was diagnose with type 1 diabetes in March 2008. Well she is doing really well with it. Giving her own injections pricking her finger. Very Awesome! Today we went to the Dr. to learn more about the pump. Which sounds all so over whelming at first but will be alot easyier on all of our lives. The pump if your not fimiliar with it... Is as small as a pager or a small cell phone. And it stays clipped to ur belt or pants. (Like a pager) Theres a long tube thats attached to the pump and to that is the patch thats the size of a quarter. Theres a needle attached to the patch that gets inserted in u. At a 90 degree angle. The needle gets pulled out leaving a little tube in u. So the insulin can get into ur body. Its the greatest thing for diabetics. No more shots. She leaves the patch on for 2 to 3 days and moves to another area..... the stomach and theigh! WEll she went home today with just the patch on so she can get the feel of it. They have numbing cream to put on the area it takes like 45 min to work so she didn't feel a thing. I'm kind of wondering how she will do taking it off. She can leave it on until Saturday. We will go again and she will get a pump with Saline solution in it to kind of practice and see if she likes it. Never know she might not. It sure beats having 6 or 7 shots a day. INSANE!!! Keep ya posted.