Animas

A has an Animas Ping Pump. http://www.animas.com/animas-insulin-pumps/onetouch-ping. So far we are really enjoying the pump. The meter also serves as a remote so that we do not have to touch her or the pump to give her the insulin. The pump has some amazing features. It is able to calculate how much insulin we need to give her based on the carbs she eats, it also calculates how much insulin is left in her body, and it calculates in her BG based on her target goals with all of these things combined it will tell me the "bolus" to give her. It is amazing. The pump also allows A to have a little more freedom with what and when she eats. With injections she was able to eat 3 times a day at specific times. It was SO hard for her because we had to force her to eat at specific times and we had to have her eat the amt. of carbs we gave her before her shot.

The pump does not automatically give A insulin. We have to tell it what to do. The pump does not read A's blood glucoses, we have to test her with a finger prick.

B and I have been up around the clock for the past week and a half testing A. We talk to a blood glucose manager every day. Her name is Olivia. She is wonderful. She helps me change A basal and bolus rates based on what her trends are through the day and night.

I am writing all of this down for all of you to better understand what we are dealing with, but also with the hope that someday A reads this and laughs and thinks WOW that was really bad. Things are SO much better now! Or WOW remember when we had to do all of that and now there is a cure!! This is my hope. This is my prayer.