The last day in Hawaii we were treated to many rainbows. These pictures were taken from the balcony of our condo. It is good to remind us of the beauty after the rain.
We have had a preview of spring this past week with temperatures in the high 50's and low 60's. The grass has a tinge of green, and the snow is mostly gone but for the huge banks in the parking lots. The weekend though is reminding us that winter is not over. Today it is blowing and raining and cold again. The poor robins have returned and are now wondering why.
The exciting news last week is that AJ has his insulin pump. It is all very new at this point and Jesi has indicated that the start up in getting used to using it is high. This past week AJ still was getting his regular insulin injections plus having the pump running with just a saline solution. Next week Jesi starts using the pump with insulin. At that point she has to check AJ's sugar levels every 3 hours all day and night. Getting the pump adjusted may take several weeks/months. However when it does get adjusted correctly the hope is that it will deliver a more steady dose of insulin to AJ. When AJ showed it to me this week he told me it is like a video game with lots of numbers and buttons. He wears it on the waistband of his pants and it is the size of a cell phone or pager. A small tube is attached to the pump and his body. The insulin is delivered under the skin by an infusion set that needs to be changed every few days. That is what Jesi says AJ is not happy about now, but hopefully, that will change as he becomes used to it. My reading on insulin pumps has also shown me that it is possible in the near future that an implanted pump may be available. Of course it would be great if a cure were found before the implantable pump but we'll just have to settle for each advancement as it comes.
And as we set our clocks ahead today for Day Light Savings Time I quote:
"Time is the wisest counsellor of all."
Pericles
3 comments:
So glad to hear about the pump for AJ - I am with you, hoping for a cure but glad researchers continue to come up with better ways to remediate our diseases and conditions!
You rainbow pictures are lovely and such a symbol of hope! As always, thanks for sharing.
Thinking about you!
Welcome back!! Even as they are now those insulin pumps are life changing. A few years from now he will be so happy you guys started him on it now, and it will just be another appendage on his body. And the idea of the implantable version is not far off at all!!! Yay!! Congrats!
After being the "medicine" person at a middle school for 10 years I can tell you that it really becomes 'nothing'-I have chased kids down the hall when the pump falls out and they just pop it back in-the correct, sanitary way of course. Adam played hockey with a player with a pump-a good player-who played with it in his hockey pants!!!!It truly is a miracle. And when it becomes implantable-wow!
Your pictures are beautiful-both Mike and I really want to see it someday! Meanwhile 65 today but being from the midwest we all know we will see some more "white stuff" before it is all over.
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