We resume our story as The Grinch decides he will put a stop to Christmas. Enjoy.

Then he got an idea!

An awful idea!

The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea

"I know just what to do!" The Grinch laughed in his throat

And he made a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat

Beneath his lapel was a very slight bump

Where he secretly hid his insulin pump

And he chuckled, and clucked, "What a great Grinchy trick!

"With this coat and this hat, I'll look just like Saint Nick!"

He loaded some bags and some old empty sacks

On a ramshakle sleigh and he hitched up old Max

He packed extra juice boxes and infusion sets

Test strips and lancets and glucose tablets

An insulin vial to be kept warm in his fist

And an emergency bracelet attached to his wrist

Max waited and waited and sat in the snow

Wondering how long it would be ‘til they go

Into his bag he stuffed extra treats

Striped-wobblers, blue candies and caramelized beets

If he couldn't have carbs, not even a gram

He packed some free foods like green eggs and ham

The Grinch was about ready to walk out the door

when he thought he should Mapquest the Whoville drugstore

And just to be safe, his doctor's phone number

And a call to his mother who was still in her slumber

His meter and pricker he'd almost forgot

And ultra-fine needles in the event of a shot

Then The Grinch said, "Giddyap!" and the sleigh started down

Toward the homes where the Whos lay a-snooze in their town

But first a quick check to see if he was in range

To make sure his blood sugar level was not strange

The Grinch liked his sugar at about one fifty two

before ruining Christmas for all of the Whos

All their windows were dark. Quiet snow filled the air

All the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care

Then he slid down the chimney. A rather tight pinch

But if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch

His tubing got stuck for a moment or two

Then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue

Where the little Who stockings all hung in a row

"These stockings," he grinned, "are the first things to go!"

But then, without warning, he felt very low

He slithered and slunk with a sweat most unpleasant

With legs like spaghetti, he ignored all the presents!

Pop guns! Bicycles! Plums! A stuffed dog

He crashed on the couch, his head in a fog

He reached for his pricker, now feeling like crud

And squeezed his green pinky, but couldn't get blood

He tried it again and the meter went blank

The Grinch turned his palms up and said, "What the Clank?"

"Drum-tummied Snummsnots!" he snarled and he sighed

And finally got his blood sugar on the third try

The Grinch licked his finger as the number flashed

He knew that his night of great mischief was dashed

Thirty seven was lower than he'd ever seen

Even lower than the time he ruined Who Halloween

He made for the ice-box to find some Who-pudding

Dizzy and confused, the Grinch lost his footing

The Grinch slurred his speech like a drunk Courtney Love

When he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove

He turned around fast and saw a small Who

Little Cindy-Lou Who, who was not more than two

She clutched in her fingers a large candy cane

which made the Grinch wild and act quite insane

"I must have the candy! Please, I must eat!"

"I need something now! I need something sweet!"

"No!" Cindy-Lou said, the cute little booger

"People with diabetes should never eat sugar"

And with that, the small Who turned and waved her small hand

The Grinch cried, "No, you don’t understand!"

He wept very loudly and fell to his knees

"Why is it that no one understands this disease?"

The Grinch found two juice boxes and guzzled them down

And rode out of Whoville with a large, nasty frown

And though the Grinch was never seen again since that day

He’s popped up on the Internet. Or so they say.

So keep your eyes open and even your ear

and you may find the Grinch on the blogosphere

Blogging about ‘betes and making new friends

Venting about endos and blood sugar trends

So don’t be surprised if you just happen to see

A comment from none other than grinchabetic53

Happy holidays, everyone!