Bam. Check it, Day 2 and I'm posting again. We'll call this a success.

But first! Make sure to check out my little page over there --> (that's to the right in case you all are confused) that lets you see who this little Blog'o'rama is about. Yes, the Mi Familia page. You may click it. You may read and see the wonders that is my family, or Mi Familia, as it were...

So, today.
Today was oldest child's Type 1 Diabetes Endocrinology check up. So we loaded up the kids in the car, took Dad to work (yes, we are a ONE CAR FAMILY!!! Bum-bum-bummmmmm), and then dropped off 3 of my 5 at a wonderful friends house who voluntarily offered to add my 3 to her 5. My friends rock with the uncaring about masses of children rampaging and rocking down their home walls.

That left Oldest (Donal) & Youngest (Jules) with me. That car trip was quiet yo. Quiet with a beautiful wonderful capital Q. And so off to our amazing Endo. We are fortunate enough to have a superb children's hospital in our area. It's actually the same one where we took D for his initial diagnoses all those years ago. We just passed his 8 year diaversery (as those in the T1 world are apt to call it). We don't make a big deal on his diagnoses day, I acknowledge it every year, and I know its there every year, and I *may* shed a quiet tear, or two, alone every year. But, we're not one of those families that lets their child go hog-wild and pretend he/she doesn't have diabetes and can eat whatever they want, obviously still having to take their insulin for it.

Basically our thought of care for D is - Moderation in Everything and Enjoy Everything. We do not limit his choices, we do educate all of our children about portion control and healthy choices. Yes, all the kids still get candy (Helllllloooo Easter candy is still around the house), cake, and other sweets. Do they get a lot of it? Nope. Are their portions as big as what a 'normal American' portion might be? Most likely not. I'm okay with that, and so are they. Normally... usually... Okay, come on - they are still kids. They still ask for seconds. Sadly, they hardly get seconds of sweet treats. Hah! Mean Mom FTW!!

Anyway. Back to today. We arrived at our hospital, and Glory be to God, even early.

The appointment went well. D got his initial height/weight/blood pressure stuff done.

Looking pretty excited isn't he? Next project, learning to sit up straight... *sigh*

Talked to all the educator people, got the Evil Eye for not getting his lab work done before the appointment. Yes, Bad Mom moment. But I got his logs done! And I knew his 7 day Blood Glucose average was 189!! That's not awful... it's not perfect... but it's not awful!

I managed to convince him to do some schoolwork while we waited to see our specialist.

 He looks super excited to have the camera in his face doesn't he....

Talked to the specialist, went over all things diabetes. Appointment went well. No changes as of yet we'll see what his A1C comes back as (yes, we did have to go do bloodwork after the appointment, much to D's dismay). 

We also got these two nifty neat books/comic about diabetes. Jules got one (it's nice getting gifts just for tagging along) and D got the comic.

 Hmmmm.... this is more of a Jules pic then of the Mickey Mouse diabetes book....

Donal finished this comic while at the office, and thought it was pretty cool. High praise from a 10(ish) year old.

There you have it. Not sure if it was interesting... or worthwhile reading... but that was our morning. Appointment at 9:30am left the speciality building right around 11:30. Not awful, all things considered. And I only had the two kids with me. Score! Easy, quiet appointment.

((Still looking for that witty closing statement to add here...))

**Shannon**