Walk to Cure Diabetes Pictures

Alright, here are the pictures of the Walk to Cure Diabetes! We enjoyed walking downtown Jacksonville and visiting with sweet friends after the walk!

Thanks Gary Lee's BBQ!

We would like to thank Gary Lee's BBQ for helping us raise money to cure diabetes! If you're in the area, go get some Gary Lee's and and don't forget to donate!

Thankful for Dexter

In case you missed it, last weekend we received our DEXCOM G4 in the mail and we named him Dexter. We were not expecting him in the mail at all so it was very pleasant surprise! We knew having Dexter would be good for our family, but I don't think we realized how good it really would be.

Last weekend, when we received Dexter, we went to a birthday party. We hadn't heard about the party until about an hour beforehand so we rushed out the door really quickly. While we were at the party, Boaz was very distracted. I thought he had eaten enough carbs, but I guess I was wrong!

The party was an hour away, and on the way home we were watching his sugar drop on Dexter. It was 100 one minute and the next Dexter was alerting us that Boaz was below 55! If it wasn't for Dexter, we wouldn't have even known he was low because he was acting fine! We gave him icing (our best sugar bringer-upper), it didn't seem to be doing anything. Next alert was that he was LOW, meaning he was so low that Dexter couldn't measure it (which I later learned is anything below 40!). It took four tubes of icing, but we finally brought him up! So, needless to say, we are VERY thankful for Dexter!

Walk to Cure Diabetes

We had our Walk to Cure Diabetes yesterday and it went great!!! We loved walking around Downtown, browsing the vendors, and overall, being around people going through the same things we are! There is still time to donate to our team, just click on the icon in the sidebar!

JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is this weekend!!!! We are really excited! This means that it is you last chance to donate. Click on the picture on the sidebar to donate! 

Dexcom G4

We got our continuous glucose monitor (CGM) in the mail yesterday! I was not expecting it at all so we were super excited! As soon as we got it we opened it all up, read all the directions, and called Dexcom to see if we needed to be trained or if we should just give it a go. They gave me the number of somebody who could walk me through it on the phone if we wanted but she wasn't available until Monday so we decided to go for it!

We watched several tutorials online and read the directions over a few times. I was really nervous because I didn't know how he would react, so Josh let me put a site (the sensor) on him so I would be confident to do it and we would know how it felt. He said that it hurt less then the syringes for insulin injections!

When Boaz woke up from his nap we went ahead and put it on him. It actually wasn't bad. He fussed for a second but then went right on to playing. I think he only fussed because we were holding him still and he was ready to go. He hasn't even noticed the transmitter on him!

P.S. We named our CGM Dexter

Sorry It's Been Quiet

Our Internet has been out all week and will be back Tues (hopefully). Sorry we've been quiet!