Diaversary Diabetes Carnival o'Fun

Me: Ella, what do you want to do for your First Diaversary?

Ella: Have a party where we play fun diabetes games and invite all of my T1D friends.

Me: What are fun diabetes games?

Ella: Oh, you know. Like check your blood sugar and whoever has the highest & lowest wins...

 

And thus was born our

 

Diabetes Carnival o'Fun

Ella's welcome sign.
I heart Diabdy. Even tho it stingks.
DT1 & DT2 Rock! We Can Rock the Night Away

Carb-Counted Goodies

More Carb-counted goodies

Lots of Buffer (aka crystal lite)

Carb Muncher Game

 

Heart Ring Toss Game

Pop the Balloon with an Insulin Needle



 

Mimi's face-painting booth

Guess the # of Sharps
Go ahead...take your best guess!

And, of course, prizes!!

We had a great time.
I love being surrounded by Type 1 Families.
And Type 1 kids are just the absolute best.

I also had our family photographer, Amy Fink at Belliveau Photography take some photos of Ella & her Diabetes Gear. I LOVE the way they turned out.
Because they show a happy, healthy, joyful girl who just happens to have Type 1 Diabetes.
And who looks darned cute rocking it!

 This is me & my bag o'goodies...

This is my insulin needle... 

 Take that, Diabetes!

I am Strong

Mom told me to check my blood sugar.
This just happens to be my favorite finger to poke.
Mom laughed and said: PERFECT!

 354?? Ummm...I think there's something wrong with the new site!?!

Me & My Low Busters.
I get to eat more candy now than before I was diagnosed!

 

Happy First Diaversary, Ella!

 

 

 

 



366 days ago...

527,040 minutes

how do you measure, measure Leap Year?

Blood sugar checks, at sunset, at midnight, and cups of coffee.

In BGs, in A1Cs, in laughter, in tears.

In 527,040 minutes - how do you measure

Ella's first year?

 

366 days ago...

 

I watched my daughter drink & drink & drink & drink...

and go to the bathroom again and again and again and again.

 

366 days ago...

 

My good friends encouraged me to take her to the doctor on Monday...

because it could be serious.

 

366 days ago...

 

My daughter told me she was so thirsty she couldn't breathe...

and I pushed back the thought of diabetes.

 

366 days ago...

 

She slept in my bed...

because she'd already wet her bed...twice...

and I prayed...

Please, God, please don't let it be diabetes.

 

366 days ago was the last day my daughter did not officially have Type 1 Diabetes.

 

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the date of her diagnosis.

 

Her One Year Diaversary

 

Tomorrow we will celebrate the fact that she is healthier now than she was 366 days ago.

That she is alive because we recognized the symptoms.

And because ~90 years ago insulin was discovered.

 

Tomorrow we choose to celebrate the good.

The amazing friends & memories we made over the past 366 days because of diabetes.

And all of the "firsts" that gave us the confidence to know that we can do this.

 

Ella has requested mac n'cheese, pizza & hot dogs for dinner.

So that's what she's getting...

even if it means I have to stay up until midnight correcting her.

 

Tomorrow we celebrate 527,040 minutes of LIVING with Type 1 Diabetes.

 

So...

 

SCREW YOU, DIABETES!

 

We survived our first year.

And we rocked it...

with style.

Even with that one extra day tossed in there thanks to Leap Year.