Two years and a teaser
I realized the other day that last week, the 21st, to be exact, marked the two year anniversary of the day T was diagnosed with diabetes. I told my friend and she said she couldn't believe it's been two years already. To some extent, it feels like that to me too. I mean, I remember when we were getting our crash course in taking care of his diabetes that I was wondering how I could do this for a month, let alone the rest of his life. Now here we are two years later and we're doing okay. We've definitely adjusted and it's normal life for us. But on the other hand, it feels like we've been doing this forever. I can barely remember anymore what it was like before everything changed. I often find myself wishing that just for one day we could be like other people. Where mealtimes aren't such a huge production. It gets so tedious and tiring to have to worry about testing his blood sugar, carefully measuring out his portions, counting carbs, figuring out his dosage, and giving him his shot every time he eats. And because my paranoid nature won't allow me to go to bed until I've assured myself that his blood sugar isn't too high or too low, it adds more time to my getting ready for bed routine. Just once I'd like things to be normal. But this is our normal and so we do what we have to do.
Yesterday we went to our first ever diabetes support group that was sponsored by omnipod (a brand of insulin pump). Eventually we want to get T on the pump but we're still holding out for them to come out with ones that will also check his blood sugar so we can stop pricking his fingers so much. They're getting closer. Maybe another year or two and we'll be ready. It was nice to interact with other parents who go through what we do. We even ended up sitting by the family whose son shared T's hospital room when they were first diagnosed. We didn't realize it at first, but then we recognized each other. It was nice to catch up with them and see how they're doing. We might start going to more of these meetings in the future.
In other news, I hit the 20K mark in Dreamwalker last week. That puts me about 1/4 of the way through my first draft. And in just 2 1/2 months! I'm pretty pleased with my progress and the more I work on this book, the more excited I get. In fact, I think I'm going to end this now, leaving you with a teaser--of course, it's Tuesday, after all--and then go work on it some more. So here you go. This week's teaser is in Rachel's POV.
I unlocked my car, threw my bag on the passenger’s seat. But I hesitated before sliding in. I turned and looked in the direction of the hill with my cave. All I could see from the driveway was the rounded top and the ring of boulders that concealed the entrance. It hadn’t rained in several days and the cloudless sky gave the sun unobstructed access to the earth. The dirt looked sunburned. Even the sagebrush wasn’t as green. In a few more weeks, it’d turn its normal summer brown, brittle and dry. Hawks swirled overhead, circling some dead or dying animal. Was Rider, right this minute, looking at a similar scene from his home? Could he even see our cave from his village?
Gah! When had I started thinking of it as our cave? This was stupid. The whole thing was just ridiculous. I shook my head and got in the car.
Yesterday we went to our first ever diabetes support group that was sponsored by omnipod (a brand of insulin pump). Eventually we want to get T on the pump but we're still holding out for them to come out with ones that will also check his blood sugar so we can stop pricking his fingers so much. They're getting closer. Maybe another year or two and we'll be ready. It was nice to interact with other parents who go through what we do. We even ended up sitting by the family whose son shared T's hospital room when they were first diagnosed. We didn't realize it at first, but then we recognized each other. It was nice to catch up with them and see how they're doing. We might start going to more of these meetings in the future.
In other news, I hit the 20K mark in Dreamwalker last week. That puts me about 1/4 of the way through my first draft. And in just 2 1/2 months! I'm pretty pleased with my progress and the more I work on this book, the more excited I get. In fact, I think I'm going to end this now, leaving you with a teaser--of course, it's Tuesday, after all--and then go work on it some more. So here you go. This week's teaser is in Rachel's POV.
I unlocked my car, threw my bag on the passenger’s seat. But I hesitated before sliding in. I turned and looked in the direction of the hill with my cave. All I could see from the driveway was the rounded top and the ring of boulders that concealed the entrance. It hadn’t rained in several days and the cloudless sky gave the sun unobstructed access to the earth. The dirt looked sunburned. Even the sagebrush wasn’t as green. In a few more weeks, it’d turn its normal summer brown, brittle and dry. Hawks swirled overhead, circling some dead or dying animal. Was Rider, right this minute, looking at a similar scene from his home? Could he even see our cave from his village?
Gah! When had I started thinking of it as our cave? This was stupid. The whole thing was just ridiculous. I shook my head and got in the car.