Humorous Tidbits
The diagnosis of diabetes changes you and your family forever. However, in between the challenges of caring for diabetes come amusing moments that remind us of the important things in our lives, like our families and laughing. See also, You're a Parent When ....
The Most Recent Tidbits
- Moira
My eldest daughter, who does not have diabetes, is getting married in the fall. One night recently we were all out to dinner and as is often the case, the conversation turned to The Wedding. We were talking -- partly in jest -- about what song would play when we walked into the reception. I said, "Oh that's easy for me! I want "like a G4 Baby!'" Everyone looked at me funny, then my daughter with diabetes said "Mom. It's 'Like a G6 Baby.' G4 is the new CGM."
- Brenda
Today, as our daughter began to eat a cookie, I almost said, "Don't forget to bolus." Stopped myself when I realized it was our younger daughter, who does NOT have diabetes.
- Missy
Our eight-year-old son started an insulin pump trial period. On our way home he pulled it out of his pocket and was looking at it when he said, "I wish this were an iPump!"
- Kathy
Conversation overheard between my daughter and her dad:
Daughter: Hi Daddy!
Dad: Hey baby! How are you doing?
Daughter: In life or in numbers?
- Suzanne
When I explained to my 5 year old daughter that we probably shouldn't inject in her tummy too often as it would make her tummy not so pretty, she replied (in all her innocence) "What, like yours, mummy?"
- Deborah
My two sons, ages 9 and 7, share a bedroom. The 9 year old is a type 1 diabetic. As usual, I did the 2 a.m. BG test. I found him to be 97 so I ran downstairs to get some juice. While I was busy prodding and pushing him to get awake to drink it, I realized my boys had - for fun - switched beds for the nights and I was testing the child without diabetes and trying to give him juice! Thankfully, as bleary-eyed as I was, I figured it out :)
- Loretta
My son was diagnosed in August 2003 when he was 11 months of age. He's now nine years old. One day, he checked his blood sugar and his reading was 250. He decided to recheck it because he'd be eating soon and hoped for a lower reading. The second reading was higher than 250, so he said, "I'll go with the first reading."
- Pat
I received a little reminder of my daughter away at college: One rainy morning I grabbed a different umbrella on my way to work. As I released the fastener in preparation for opening it in the parking garage elevator, three test strips fell on the floor.
- Jennifer
When my 5-year-old daughter, Danielle, was diagnosed with diabetes we explained it to her and her 3-year-old brother, Ben, that her blood sugar could be high, low or in the middle and we were trying to keep her in the middle by giving her insulin shots. A few weeks later we took both of them to get their flu shots and Ben started screaming as loud as he could to anyone who would listen, "I am in the middle! I am in the middle!"
- Laura
I was sending my son a text this morning – he has a stomach bug and low ketones – and my note was "remember, fluids and insulin will make the ketones go away." It autocorrected to "fluids and insulin will make the kittens go away."
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