Why……W-H-Y Would Your Wake Up at 4 a.m. to Check a Blood Sugar????

Why would anyone have to wake up in the middle of the night to test their child’s blood sugar?  Did you ever hear the question; why do people rob banks?   The answer is simple; because that is where the money is.  The answer of whether someone wakes up to check their child’s blood sugar has just as much a simple answer; because they choose to…..and it’s that simple and ALSO no one else’s dang business.

I, for the life of me, do not understand why this is such a debate whenever it shows up somewhere.  One can give all of the medical proof what is and what is not acceptable.  One can speak to 25 people and get 25 different opinions; IT IS YOUR CALL.

For some reason this topic gets a whole barrage of opinions and here is the thing; if it works for you……it works for you; and what works for you will not necessarily work for someone else.  If you make sure your child is 190 at bedtime so you can sleep; your call.  If you wake up 1-2-3 times per night; your call.  If your child wakes up at the slightest low; count your blessings.  If your child is 180 and wakes up to go to the bathroom; count your blessings.  If you do not ‘fit in to any category’ and you have adjusted your life accordingly…….and it works……good for you.

I have come to learn that there are two types of fear.   There is living with petrifying fear that stops you from functioning…..and there is fear that really means respect.  Respected enough to understand what something can do; and to try to harness that respect and handle it the way you see fit.   If people are living in petrifying fear…..they should find someone to talk to and try to shift that type of fear away, or at least to a respect-level.  Petrifying fear is no good for anyone, and can consume; that should be avoided.

But again I, for the life of me, can never understand the way people constantly believe because they had the wonderful ability to sleep through the night and not worry about their child, needs to be other people’s way of life.

Do your homework and read up on what you must.  DO NOT make this decision on opinion or feelings; do it based on a sound judgment after you have found out all the facts.  Have a heart-to-heart talk with yourself on what you believe, but know this:  After you talk to a ton of members from your medical team; after you speak to a ton of friends you trust who understand diabetes—–YOU WILL decide what you need to know and do.  What you decide after that is your call and DO NOT LET ANYONE tell you other wise.

Will it be easy?  Maybe, maybe not–but what it will be; is YOUR decision.  And when it comes to YOUR decision about YOUR family……..that is all you need.  So make the call and get on with the regular-living-life-with-whatever-it-has-to throw-at-you; you deal with enough already.

‘Nuff said.

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