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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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Showing posts with label 12 days of Christmas Diabetes parody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12 days of Christmas Diabetes parody. Show all posts

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!