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Long day.
Long day after a long night after a long day after a long night. Tired. Very tired.
Not in mood tonight to negotiate with Charlie when he throws a minor tantrum because it's shower time.
Angry dad voice comes out. I hate my angry dad voice. I hate using it on any of my kids, but I'm especially regretful after the fact with Charlie.
Charlie whips his head back on to the couch and then lays face down on the floor. I've asked him five times now to come up with me for a shower.
"Charlie! Get. Upstairs. Now!"
He crawls upstairs slowly on hands and knees like a weak desert wanderer searching for water. "Can't," he moans. "I'm so tired."
I'm certain he'd be up the stairs like a leopard if said let's play a video game.
"Charlie! Now!"
The voice in my head tells me he can't be low, you just tested him. Don't fall for it. He's just being a 5 year old not getting his way.
Charlie is red in the face as he flaps his arms and legs violently, trying to remove his clothes like a contortionist attempting to escape from a straightjacket.
I sit and watch him work himself into a little frenzy.
He stands, defiantly letting the pump dangle to the floor. The weight of the pump pulling on his site is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.
"Charlie! Pick up your pump!"
"Charlie! Pick up your pump!"
He cries.
He sits back down to remove his blue rocket ship underpants which now have tiny round blood stains like meteors. Similar to his soccer underpants which now have little red soccer balls or his truck underpants which now have red traffic lights.
"Charlie! Don't drag your pump!
"Charlie!
Standing cold and naked with his pump in hand is a sad sight.
He steps into the shower and I scrub and scrub and scrub his war-torn bottom until I get the black skid-marked tape residue to finally come off.
I hang my head ,
and the regret sets in.
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July 6th, 2008
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12-12-2007 1:56 PM EST by Carey Potash
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Carey is a full-time hater of diabetes. The benefits stink. His 5-year-old son, Charlie, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 22 months old. Carey's parenting humor has appeared in various websites and print magazines. He resides in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and three children.(Read More)
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Awwww. Sorry, some days it's tough being a parent. I had to get out my nasty mommy voice last night too - stinks whether your kid is a PWD or not.
Me talk ugly some days, too. I felt guilty about it yesterday when I caught Brendon scooping handfuls of Special K and then snuck some dried cherries. It's healthy food. He could be eating a lot worse than that. But to a child with D, you know what happens when it's not counted.
I am so sorry you have to struggle with this along with Charlie, I so wish little kids did not have to go through all of this, some days I can barely take it any longer and I am almost 50 and suppose to be an adult, but after 41 years, ahhhh!!!! Did you ever test his bgs to see if it was his D?
Kim: I hear ya! Thanks.
Shannon: We haven't gotten to the sneaking food phase, but I know it's just a matter of time. Damn!
Karen: Thanks. Yeah, his blood sugar was fine. He was just being a boy who didn't want to take a shower. Maybe he gets that from me.
I'm with ya - we got through that at our house a lot too.
The hard part for me is bath time use to be one of the highlights of the day - she would sit and splash for hours if I let her.
Now she dreads it because she knows she has to pull out the old site - scrub off the tape - and after the bath get another one....
But she does still choose this over multiple daily shots.
No 5-year old should have to make that choice.
Why is it that you need to change your daughter's site at every bathtime? My son alternates between showers and the occasional bath, and he does not always have to change his set at bathtime. He unclips, and the site stays fine (unless it's close to change time--then it will come off). Or does bathtime just happen to coincide with site change time? If so, you might want to try separating them sometimes so bathtime can be fun again. Also, if I could make a suggestion? Eye makeup remover works really well at removing sticky tape residue. I use Mary Kay's brand and it works great!
Oh I feel for little Charlie and his Dad too. It occurred to me that this little vignette should be sent to the Editor of your daily newspaper.....request donations in the name of all children with Type I diabetes. I think if the average person had any idea of how difficult it is for children to deal with this disease, that more people would provide funds for us all to finally find a cure for diabetes.