Tag: diabetes columnist

I remember a commercial from years ago.  Two little kids are seen bring a breakfast tray full of goodies for their mom to have breakfast in bed.  She just loves the fact that the children thought of her.  The kitchen, of course, looks like a bomb hit it.  But the sincere generosity of her kids […]

Have you ever just stood back and watched your child?  I do not mean while managing t heir diabetes or sleeping, but rather, being involved in an activity that takes their full focus.  Have you ever really watched them…….’participate’? I hear so much about the modern-day tools for management, and the hope for a cure, and […]

What happens when your child experiences a hypoglycemic reaction?  I have written before the importance of being prepared by having ‘practice runs’ and not waiting for the actual incident to know what to do.  Know where everything is and utilize expired glucagon to actually mix it and be ready. What you also need to know […]

I am fairly sure that all of us, as parents, are well aware that we will become pretty stupid at around age 13 of our child’s life; and will stay that way until 20-ish-something.  It’s a rule we all understand and accept……we were no different. At some point they begin to realize that we are not […]

I admit it, I am a hugger.  If you’re a friend……you get a handshake and a hug.  I also can tell you exactly when it started.  Well not the date, but the incident.  I was in my twenties. Growing up in my house was pretty formal.  Addressing adults or those in the medical profession was […]