We've had a run of frustration in our d-world lately. Hannah had her quarterly Endo appointment two weeks before Christmas. Her doctor made some tweaks to her insulin doses as she had started running higher. Since then, and compounded by all the holiday carb guesstimating, we've had some ugly numbers. We were working through it but the straw that broke this camel's back was our sensor change December 30th. The first attempt for some reason did not stick and the whole sensor remained stuck in the inserter. It looked ok so I pushed it back into to loaded position and tried again. This time it stuck to her but would not link to the transmitter. Tears and frustration as we prepared for a third poke with a needle that was getting larger by the second!!!! Thankfully the third try was a success and we were up and running. Most days we can brush this stuff off; d-care is our normal, but that day it was just too much for me. Hannah was in tears and I was too.
Isaac had a birthday party that night so we girls headed out for some retail therapy. Hannah had a gift card to Claire's and we spent an hour? Three? In that store while she browsed the christmas clearance rack and everything else in the store. We finished the evening with supper at Wendy's. It was a great evening with my girl and we shared lots of giggles. I was reminded again of how resilient she is; I am. We may get knocked down, but we don't stay down. And laughter really is the best medicine sometimes.
