Decided to Share
Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 3:00AM
I can’t sleep... Haven’t really been able to for about a year now. On August 22nd Arden will be a Type I diabetic for one year. I’m going to try and relay to all of you what Arden’s disease is, how it effects her and how it effects our family. My goal is to give you a glimpse into our life so that you can better understand Type I diabetes... My hope is that the understanding will result in your advocacy.
Starting now I’ll be updating this site as much as is needed to bring you into all of this as completely as possible. I’ll be taking pictures and video as much as possible. I think diabetes is one of those things you need to feel to understand, an explanation just doesn’t do it justice. It’s a much more visceral experience then you may think.
That picture (above) is from just now (3:00 am), Arden just called me from her bed. She wanted to lay down with us. I checked her Blood Glucose (from here on out known as BG) and it was good. Well not really good, high actually about 120 - 150 points higher then a non-diabetics would be at 3 AM but good for our purposes. Don’t worry it’ll all start making sense to you soon... Please use the “Subscribe” button on the ‘Daddy’s Blog’ page to stay up-to-the-minute. I really think that being updated every-time something happens will help bring you into the process.
Please share this link with any and everyone you know. Off to get some sleep...
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Reader Comments (1)
Hi Scott & Arden!! I just found ur blog & I decided to start reading from the beginning!! Might take me a while to get to present day but I'd like to know the full story, if u don't mind. I just bought ur book too, the Kindle version, & I can't wait to start reading it!!! Thanks for sharing ur story!! It even help us middle age T1D w/o a CWD learn about managing my own days!!!! Have a great Labor Day weekend!!!