SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME...

I HAD AN I.E.P MEETING THIS MORNING AT THE KIDS SCHOOL SO I DECIDED JUST TO TAKE THEM WITH ME RAHTER THAN SENDING THEM ON THE BUS.

WHEN WE GET THERE... I SENT THE KIDS ON THEIR WAY TO CLASS AS USUAL AND I STOP IN THE OFFICE TO FIND OUT WHERE EVERYONE IS MEETING. NO BIGGIE!

I HAD BEEN IN THE OFFICE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I NAILED DOWN A LOCATION.

THEY DECIDED TO MEET IN A CLASSROOM SO I SCURRIED ON MY WAY.

HOWEVER...

ON MY WAY THERE... I SPOT A CURLY HEADED BLONDE LITERALLY WALKING IN CIRCLES LIKE A ZOMBIE(WTH??).

ACTUAL PHOTO OF ACCUSED ZOMBIE

 AS I WALKED UP... I ASK "JUSTIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

ZOMBIE LIKE CHILD PROCEEDS IN ANOTHER CIRCULAR PATTERN AS IF I HAD SAID NOTHING.

I REPEAT(NOW STANDING RIGHT BESIDE HIM AS HE CONTINUES HIS CIRCLE)... "JUSTIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

CRICKETS... STILL A ZOMBIE... STILL WALKING IN A CIRCLE.

FINALLY, I GRAB HIS ARM AND ASK HIM AGAIN.

HE SNAPPED OUT OF IT, BUT HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS DOING.

HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TO THE CLASSROOM AND WAS SUPPOSE TO BE GOING TO THE MEDIA CENTER TO HOP ON I-STATION(I FOUND THIS OUT LATER).

I DRAGGED HIM TO THE NURSE TO CHECK HIS BG AND HE WAS 145. DEXCOM SAID 262.

IS THIS NORMAL?? COULD IT HAVE BEEN A HUGE DROP THAT CAUSED THIS.

I'VE SEEN HIM "ZOMBIE OUT" BEFORE, BUT I'VE NEVER FOUND HIM... ALONE... WALKING IN CIRCLES.

BRINGS ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO THE NIGHTMARE I HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME!!!

FLAT LINE...

Why hello again! Have you been waiting?
For what you ask? Well... part 2 of this post.
You remember... spinning bat game. Support-less tatas. Good times!


As I said... It had been a strange week for sure. I guess I am a bit tired as I did not wake up to check on him at 3am the next morning. When I finally got up and went in Justin's room... this is what I saw

HOLY SHIT!! DID YOU SEE THAT LINE?? THE FLAT ONE?? THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN FLAT FOR A GOOD 2 HOURS??

I have NEVER ran up a step ladder so fast in all my life. I am 100% positive that I stopped breathing. I GRABBED Justin as if I was waking him up because of a fire.


You can not possibly know the feeling that came over me when he popped up. It is far beyond the feeling of relief when you see their chest rise or simple see movement while they sleep.

3 days that week that Justin went low in the morning before school. The second time was pretty drama free compared to the one I posted about the other day. We were walking to the bus stop(support in tact) and I had him check for me(mama's intuition) and he was 68. Not a panic mode number... so I gave him a couple glucose tabs and sent him off.

Friday was the worst of the three, I was making his lunch. Justin was sitting at the table and he had just finished his breakfast. I start again with the same old tune, but this time was a little different. He didn't budge as my voice raised... I automatically start transporting the meter to the table and tell him to check.

What does he do??? He gets up and lays on the couch... WHAT??

I end up going over and checking him myself... 35 How can this be?? He JUST ate. All this made me about as confused as Oakley's ears...

just don't know which way to go!!

I was 45 minutes late to work this day. Good thing they like me over there :) I decided the bus was really NOT a good idea. I got Justin all settled an loaded with juice before I drove him to school.

I ended up raising his I:C ratio again and I have been letting him eat a little before I bolus.  

There was a little less excitement this week on the D front. Probably because I don't have time to pay attention to it. I am sure D will make up for his good behavior soon :)

Have a great weekend.





MOM YOU SUCK... 2010

Yep, that's right... I said I suck. I can feel a little "suckity" right now. This is worse than last year when I lost my "Mom of the year award".

Wanna know why??? 

If  not, click out now... cuz its my blog and I'm tellin!

If so, grab a beverage, sit back and I will tell you all about it.

It started out at 2am when I didn't hear the alarm to check Justin. You can imagine my panic when I heard the words "what time do you need to get up" from Anthony. He asks this every morning because some days I can sneak in an extra 15. PANIC is not my idea of a pleasant way to wake up. I scurried off to Justin's room who JUST.SO.HAPPENED to have good numbers over night for the first time in weeks.

After a sigh of relief, I carried on with the morning in the usual way. Justin is in his typical dawdling mood where any form of direction has to be repeated ten times before he even acknowledges that there are actual words spilling from my mouth.

Because of the already frantic way in which I awoke... I was particularly on edge and growing substantially more agitated with every repeat command that certain parties remained oblivious to. I wont name names (starts with a "J" and ends with "ustin") because that would not be polite.

So as I go through the motions...
"get up! get up! get up!"
"check ur blood! check ur blood! check ur blood!"
"choose ur breakfast! choose ur breakfast! check ur blood! choose ur breakfast!"
 "STOP chasing the dog... CHOOSE your breakfast... CHECK your blood!" ahhhhh! This goes on, but you get the point.

As usual we are behind. We need to leave the house by 7:15am to catch the bus. I have to work so Justin not "feelin the flo" is only setting me up to look like the crazy lady in the office with my mis-matched closes and improperly paired shoes because I will be lucky to get a good teeth brushin in this morning (hey! Just because my hair isnt brushed and my clothes are a mess doesn't mean I have to have stank breath).

So after my second verse of "get dressed, wheres your shoes, get your socks, brush your hair, brush your teeth... solo. (side note... at 7:14 the nameless offspring still did not have his socks and shoes on OR his mop brushed).  Things in mama-ville start getting all tornado tyrant. Arms flailing, exorcist voice streaming the "word of Lora" through the halls of me casa. Was not pretty! I decided at that moment (as I have in past tangents) that THIS.WAS.IT!! NO.MORE!! YOU WILL DO THIS AND YOU WILL DO THAT!!! OR ELSE!!! The look on Justin's face let me know that he would take my words seriously for the next five minutes, but to be prepared because tomorrow is a new day.

Now, we are dressed... ready to go... until I realize that I have no bra(white t-shirt) and no shoes laying in there usual spot because we have to keep them from the puppy. (shish-kabob!!... yeah, I didn't think you'd believed that's what I actually said) I scramble around with more flailing fashion... find shoes (no need to be crazy AND barefoot)... grab the dog to carry across my slingshot-less chest and we sprint out the door.   

As we round the street corner, the bus pulls up. Were moving along as I apologize to Justin for my tantrum(not those words) and let him know that he need to start getting up and get motivated in the mornings. You know the speech... your getting older bla bla bla.

We are half way to destination big yellow bus when Justin pulls D'Com(CGM) out of his pocket and says "I'm low with an arrow down".

WHAT!!!!! You've gotta be F*ing kidding me.

This is where my suckity motherly thinking skills come into question... Rather than being calm and logical and taking him home when I read 47 on his CGM; I opted to go into "fix it and shove him on the bus mode". That's right... here is how it went.

You remember... "I'm low with an arrow down", right? Well, we will start from there. Picture this... crazy mom with white T, no bra, puppy draped across chest, now literally running in a circular motion (kind of like that game where you stuck your forehead on the bat and run in circles until your dizzy) in search of the one back pack pocket(out of 20... stupid pockets) that has the glucose tabs. Bus is waiting, 7 other moms, a dad and a German Shepard all staring as I frantically unzip and re zip above mention possible hiders of the tabs. One nice mom runs up and offers some help... I toss her poor scared puppy thus exposing my not so perky anymore cuz I'm getting older girls and continue to search.

FINALLY, I find tabs and start walking at  a fast and frantic pace towards the bus (as if this was a good plan) while handing Justin 3 tabs saying "eat, eat em, eat them now" and sticking the tube back into what I hope was the right pocket(not that that matters). I look at the bus driver who's mouth has now hit the floor and say" he's running a little low, please keep an eye on him and I will call the nurse".

That's right... I put my child, who was low, on the bus.
After it was over... it hit me. What did I just do? I should have brought him home. Why didn't I just bring him home?

Of course I called the nurse. I was pretty embarrassed to admit how much I suck, but I had to let her know.

30 minutes later I received a phone call. "Just wanted to let you know that Leighanna(love that girl) walked Justin straight here. He did not go to the classroom. His BG is now 119 per meter and the CGM has one arrow up slow.

Phew, it was okay this time... I can breath and Justin survives my excellent parenting skills one more time.

This all happened at the beginning of the week... I started this post and didn't get to finish. There are now more stories about this week. It has been a strange one! More to follow the above mentioned fiasco... I will share more later in PART 2.




  

A knot in my stomach...

"Mom can you get my checker" followed by a clunk.
The thought of it is still turning my stomach. The piercing sound in his voice told me that something was wrong. As I ran into the kitchen, I found my 9 year old son sitting on the floor against the cabinet. He was sweaty and holding his head in his hands.
Automatically, I grabbed a juice, stuck the straw in and handed it to him.

As  he drank I opened the test strips... EMPTY! "Damn it!!" I say as I run to the closet for more. When I finally tested him, he was 45.

I don't understand...

I have changed his basal. Changed his IC factors. I have even changed his ISF. Why all of a sudden are we having all these lows. Why is it past the point of function before he feels them?

I hate the gut wrenching feeling of "that voice".

STUPID D!!!