Diabetes Viewpoints

Kids These Days (continued)

Anyway, the new machine makes this piercing beep every time the coffee's done. I just can't seem to turn that bugger off. This morning when it beeped, Daughter #2's head popped up and she shouted:

"Mom, you need to change your pump!"

[Note: I did not find this so funny before my morning coffee, as this is EXACTLY the reason I was so anxious to silence that thing.]

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Also at breakfast:

Daughter # 2 (age 9), holding up a mini-muffin: “Mom, does this have insulin in it?”

Daughter #1 (age 11): “That’s stupid. It has carbs in it.”

Daughter #3 (the little one): “Oh, so you can’t eat it because of those insulin barbs.”

Me: help!
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Finally, daughter #1 (age 11) comes home from summer camp last week and says:

"Mom, I met a girl at my camp who has diabetes."

"Really Honey, how did you know?"

"Well I saw her pump, and her mom was there and said so."

"Oh?"

"And I told her you had diabetes, and you know what she said? 'I'm so sorry.' Isn't that weird? Why would she be sorry?"

Hmm, perhaps it is best to let them size things up for themselves after all.

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