I went to get the mail today and found a package from Minimed. It wasn't the normal size box for Olivia's pump supplies and we've already received our Care Link doo-hickey (technical term, that - doohickey. The whatsit that you download pump info from. I think. I haven't actually used it yet. I keep forgetting....)
Anyway, inside the box was a brand new One Touch Ultra that beams blood sugar readings directly to Olivia's pump. Yay! I was all happy. I thought it would be great, that Olivia wouldn't forget about putting her blood sugars in, since the meter would do it for her.
Oh, how wrong I was. I gave it to her, all eager to see her reaction, since when the BD meter went away, she was very upset. But no.
"It's not green!" she exclaimed. "And it's not tiny." And she sort of flung it aside, sighing in exasperation.
Y'know.... She pissed and moaned about the BD meter not being usable any more but when a replacement comes along, it's not cute enough.
Teenagers, man. They'll make you nutty.
(Although, to be fair, I can totally see her point. Her little meter really is cute. Her friends all think it's adorable.)
I know I'm not a teenager, but I gave up all FOUR of the Minis (green, pink (2), and gray) I used to use the UltraLink. For me it is worth it.
What about if she stored it in a fun case?
I'm not a teenager either, but I agree with Olivia! I left the huge one touch boxed up with its huge case and will continue to use my BD meter as long as it works.
I love my minis (I have three of them). My favorite is lime green. However, I don't have a pump.
Because Olivia is a teenager she needs to make most of her own decisions. If she likes one meter over another, I wouldn't fight her over it. Good control is your goal.
It's just as bad with a child. My daughter, 9 years old, does not like anything unless it's PINK. Mind you, I can't stand pink, so I have no clue where she got that from. She's not pumping yet, but is getting a pink Animas PING in September: but she has her pink One Touch Ultra in her pink emergency bag in her pink backpack.
She's starting to drive me nutzoid.
We use the one touch ultra that beams the bg to the pump at home and my son age 10 carries the one touch mini for testing away from home.