Julia's Endo Appointment

Julia's appointment with her Endo went better then expected. They expected a rise in A1C after starting the pump, and with the 100% plus increase in basal, and a huge increase in TDD they were ok with the .6 rise (Julia went from 7.1 to 7.7) they would like to see her 6.5-7 next visit. Now that Julia is 6, though, we are making changes to targets and such, plus the new trainer in the area did not set Julia's variance as the doctor would like to see it, so a lot of changes that are kinda scary, and will be quite the adjustment. We are going from a 50 pt variance on our pump in either direction with a target of 130, so for those of you who don't pump, or haven't started or don't have diabetes a b/g from 80-180 was ok. Now we have a 130 target with a variance of 10 pts either way which means target b/g is still 80-150, but the pump will correct anything not in the 120-140 range. So if Julia is say 150 on the nose it will correct for those 20pts down to the 130, or if she were 90 it would subtract that amount of insulin from a bolus.

Scary, scary, scary!!!! I hate Diabetes! It shouldn't have come to our house, or anyones for that matter!!!