My Kids Closely Monitor My Diabetes…

I thought I would share a funny little story with you. My 3 girls often fight over who gets to prick mommies finger and who gets to slide the strip in the glucometer. I guess I have always been honest with them and explained to them why mommy can’t always eat what they are eating and what can happen if I do. And as they have gotten a bit older, they are starting to understand diabetes more and ask questions.

“Mommy, what would happen if you only had 1 ice cream cone, and then didn’t eat anymore for a few weeks?” And there is always, “Can’t you just have some of the cake, we won’t tell daddy”! That always makes me giggle. Like if we don’t tell anyone about the tasty food that there will be no ramifications. Oh, to be young again.

But my oldest did her best to explain her mommy’s health condition last week at book club. “If my mommy eats too much sugar then we have to give her an extra needle to see what her sugar temperature is measuring and that would take too much time. And her fingers are so sore now and she doesn’t like to prick them. I think she is scared of the needles and I have to do it for her. She is like a big baby sometimes. But that is because of the diahetees!” Uh huh, that is right y’all, we have diahetees! Ah, out of the mouth of a babe. Haha.