Have You Heard?

Have you heard of the eleven year old diabetic girl that died because her parent's didn't seek medical attention for her because of religious reasons?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesResource/story?id=4536593&page=1

Now, I will not go into making judgments on religion......... whether you're an atheist, muslim, christian, etc........is your choice, but when you have a child, your first priority is to take care of that child, no matter what. Think of how many parent's lose their child to a disease that CANNOT be treated, or their child goes through some long chemo treatment, only to die? In the midst of the parent's grief, there has to be comfort in knowing that they took advantage of every medical option open to them to save their life. How can these parent's and siblings live with themselves? I try to be understanding and put myself in their shoes, but I would move hell to get my son any treatment he would need.

I find myself thinking of the past month when I've had TWO mishaps with my pump and my bloodsugar rose quickly and I developed ketones. I felt miserable................... headaches, nausea, and exhaustion. Maybe this girl's parent's need to feel the misery that ketones cause......... to walk a day in their daughter's shoes.................. to feel the misery that their prayers could never overcome. It's sad and disappointing and I will follow this to see what the police will do in this case. Is it their Constitutional right to make that choice? I'm not sure................ seems such a waste of a life.

Speaking of my Omnipod mishaps: I have found that these two instances are user errors.... my errors! On the one night, I definitely had the stomach flu that was moving it's way through our family, but it was made worse by the fact that my pump wasn't working correctly. Turns out that when I used the needle to insert my insulin into the pod, I pushed too hard and cracked the plastic front of the pod. The pod contained my insulin, but was leaking it too without my knowledge. So, I wasn't receiving all of my insulin, which is pretty awful when you're on short acting insulin only! The other time when I filled the pump, it made a weird clicking noise and I don't think that the insulin was properly in the case. The odd thing was that the alarm didn't go off, so it was only my not feeling well and blood sugar tests that indicated the problem.

Ok, enough for now!