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I am blessed to be parenting two beautiful girls, ages eight and eleven. My youngest nearly lost her life at age six (August 2010) to diabetic ketoacidosis: an often fatal consequences of undiagnosed type 1 diabetes. This is OUR journey: raw and sometimes, uncensored.

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Friday, December 23, 2011

12 Days Of Diabetes

On the first day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
A test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the second day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the third day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the fourth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Four rescue snacks,
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the fifth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
A BGI within range!!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the sixth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Six times you called for help,
A BGI within range!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the seventh day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Seven "How are you feeling?"s
Six calls for help
A BGI within range!!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the eighth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Eight fingers milking
Seven "how are you feeling?"s
Six calls for help
A BGI WITHIN RANGE!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the ninth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Nine times we bolused
Eight fingers milking
Seven "how are you feeling?"s
Six calls for help
A BGI WITHIN RANGE!!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the tenth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Ten times Mom went leaping
Nine times we bolused
Eight fingers milking
Seven "how are you feeling?"s
Six calls for help
A BGI WITHIN RANGE!!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Eleven logbook entries
Ten times Mom went leaping
Nine times we bolused
Eight fingers milking
Seven "how are you feeling?"s
Six calls for help
A BGI WITHIN RANGE!!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Type 1 Diabetes gave to me:
Twelve finger pokes
Eleven logbook entries
Ten times Mom went leaping
Nine times we bolused
Eight fingers milking
Seven "how are you feeling?"s
Six calls for help
A BGI WITHIN RANGE!!!!
Four rescue snacks
Three hypo mood swings
Two ketostix
And a test strip in our Christmas tree!

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