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Life was normal. Perhaps a trip shopping or a relatives house. Your child starts to complain about stomach aches, nausea, but the flu has been going around.It’s just the flu honey.Yeah, the flu I’m sure.But the clock is ticking. Your child is home from school.This is different, honey. I should take her to the doctor’s […]
The quiet was very loud in the waiting room. The employee awaited the turn to ‘face the music’. 2019 was not as nervous as when he heard the yelling when 2018 left last year, the yelling was scary as the Boss rarely yelled, but yelling occurred as 2018 was ushered out….it was left to 2019, […]
With special apologies to Clement Moore. I present what has become an annual tradition……an updated, ‘Twas the Night Before D-Christmas for 2019 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The meters, CGMs, and supplies were put away with such care, In hopes that Santa […]
So you are home enjoying the holiday preparations when your doorbell rings. You answer the door and the deliveryperson is there with a box from a relative. The size of the box surely peaks your interest and you carry your new found delivery to the kitchen table and carefully open the box. As you open […]
When Kaitlyn was first diagnosed, and the credit for this falls squarely on Jill, our back-up plans for Kaitlyn’s diabetes had back-up plans. When it was her glucometer, there was the one she carried, the one in Jill’s pocketbook, as well as the one in the car. There were always three different angles to the […]
So as we approach our third ‘winter’ in South Carolina, I am reminded of the one thing I do not miss about living up North……..snow. I was never a fan of snow. It always looks beautiful and then the reality hits that those beautiful flakes will not remove themselves from your car and your property. […]