It is almost time....

Hard to believe that it is almost time to get set up with the pump. Crazy. Nurse is prepped. Teacher is prepped. Support team at school is prepped. With what I know now anyway. Next week brings hours and hours of doc appointments on Monday Tuesday and Thursday. As happy as I am to be moving away from shots, I'd be lying if I didn't say that part of me laments moving away from what feels comfortable back into the chaos of weird blood sugars and unknowing. Because let's be clear, there is still plenty of unknowing to go around right now. Back to 2 am blood checks and learning how the body is going to respond to insulin drip rather than a single dose of 24 hour insulin. Learning her reactions to different types of carbs so we can bolus (give insulin) correctly. Learning to finesse the pump...supercomputer that it is. They call the kind of diabetes management we have been doing a poor man's pump. It's simple and rudimentary,imperfect but gets the job done. Her diabetes management will be so much better with the pump but it is so advanced. I'm us we will learn it quickly, but for now, it is feeling a little bit crazy. So tired of shots...but they're known and comfortable. This weekend...lots of online learning...classes we have to complete before we go to our appt on Monday.