Tips for Type 1 Parents
http://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/tips-for-type1-diabetes-parents#6
"When children are first diagnosed, parents are exhausted, running off little sleep and raw emotions with no light at the end of the tunnel. They are in education overload, having to learn so many things to take care of their child and keep them alive. They frequently get no breaks because there are usually few people who can take over care for a child with diabetes. Even having a night out with a sitter is difficult."
What Are D-Moms made of
"D Moms are made of encyclopedias: Information? We have retained it. We are the go-to information source for our children's health. We are the experts. Yes...you can site that."
What Type 1 looks Like
"It looks like regular people living regular lives. But nothing is regular. Every moment is touched by this disease. No days off. What is eaten, what is done, where is traveled, it is all touched by blood sugars and insulin."
Sometimes vs Most of the Time
"Sometimes, I’ll look at a pile of bloody test strips on the dresser, (aftermath from a long night,) and I throw up a little in my throat. It is the grizzly reality of our life. Sometimes, there can be 20 test strips lying on the boys' dressers from the evening before and a couple checks through the night. I pick each one up to throw in the garbage. It hurts my heart as some of them stick to the dresser. Tears come as I wonder if this will always be our reality. Wondering if there will ever be a cure. The image throws me…and validates all my anger towards this disease. I think of their callused fingers and I want to roar like a mother lion that is protecting her young. Sometimes."
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