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Day 11 ~ Cupcake (#NDAMphotoaday)
Sure, I could go all literal and show you a picture of Bean eating a cupcake for today's photo because she CAN EAT CUPCAKES!! But, since the girls and I were at Target and they just had to have a new...
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Day 12 ~ Love (#NDAMphotoaday)
I honestly think 'insanity' might be a better description for this one, because trying to get all those dang sprinkles (how do you make 'nonpareils' plural?!?!) to be where they were supposed to be was...
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Day 13 ~ Meter (#NDAMphotoaday)
Meters, meters everywhere! But, we really only use a couple of them regularly.1. PDM (personal diabetes manager) ~ controls Bean's pod (insulin pump) and has a built in FreeStyle meter...and a LIGHT...
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Day 14 ~ Today (#NDAMphotoaday)
Today, November 14th, is World Diabetes Day. It's Sir Frederick Banting's birthday. In case you aren't familiar with him, he's the guy who discovered insulin, the clear liquid that keeps Bean alive....
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Day 15 ~ DiaFail (#NDAMphotoaday)
There were lots of examples floating around in my mind for today's photo. In fact, just last night, there were two great examples that I didn't take a picture of.....of course!So, in mulling over...
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Day 16 ~ Blue (#NDAMphotoaday)
This blue glow is my nighttime companion.It sits on my nightstand, flickering and transmitting sound.Sounds from my sleeping T1D kiddo's room, who is way too old to still have a 'baby monitor.'Wilma...
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Day 17 ~ Random (#NDAMphotoaday)
...yesterday got away from me and I totally missed posting 'random'so today you'll get two posts...one now and one later! :)We are always finding strips in random places...now we are also finding...
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Day 18 ~ Bolus Worthy (#NDAMphotoaday)
Something that doesn't happen often in our house...pancakes with syrup. Bean was super excited and deemed them 'way bolus worthy' with the first bite!
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Day 19 ~ Strips (#NDAMphotoaday)
Bean has a Bio Flip from Stick Me Designs in her PDM (omnipod insulin pump controller) kit. It's a handy-dandy little place for her to put her used strips after she's tested her BG so they don't end...
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Day 20 ~ Friends (#NDAMphotoaday)
...and there are many other friends, I just don't have pictures of them because we've never met IRL, but they are none-the-less wonderful friends!!
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Day 21 ~ Hate (#NDAMphotoaday)
There are lots of things I hate about Diabetes. I could probably bore you for days listing all the things that I hate about what T1D has done to our family, our finances, our socializing abilities,...
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Day 23 ~ Carbs (#NDAMphotoaday)
Our lives revolve around carbs. That is the bit of nutritional information that we have to have in order to accurately dose the correct amount of insulin so Bean's body can process her food and have...
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Day 24 ~ Unicorn (#NDAMphotoaday)
dang it...I'm 30 minutes late! but with good reason...we had a great cookie baking time with friends that went late into the night. so, being late on today's, well yesterday's photo was worth it.Bean...
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Day 26 ~ Eyes (#NDAMphotoaday)
This is one of my favorite pictures of Bean. She took it of herself two summers ago when she went to Camp K, the ADA's summer camp.She has this look in her eyes that just gets me every time I look at...
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Day 27 ~ Shoes (#NDAMphotoaday)
After a long, half day with fifth graders (who happen to be the fourth graders I taught last year!) it's time for some 'put your feet up' time. :)I think some blue shoes need to be on Bean's Christmas...
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Day 28 ~ Stockpile (#NDAMphotoaday)
I have to admit, we aren't big stockpilers. Yes, we have everything we need on hand, but there aren't a lot of extras of most things. I've become better at filling prescriptions as soon as they can...
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Day 29 ~ Advocate (#NDAMphotoaday)
Such a large part of advocacy is education. As people who live with T1D 24/7/365, we are constantly educating on some level or another. Whether we are education ourselves to be a better pancreas,...
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Day 30 ~ CURE (#NDAMphotoaday)
...this one is a hard one...how do you take a picture of the deepest desire of your heart? how do you take a picture of the best thing you could ever give your child? how do you take a picture of...
View ArticleTears of, well, Jealousy
Jealousy.That has to be what it is.Why the tears came when I was talking with Bean's FNP yesterday at our 3-month check up.Why the tears came when I read a friend's FB status about being able to go on...
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