We had a wonderful night tonight.
Cadence had a tantrum, pee'd on the floor, splashed the pee-puddle onto me, pooped in her diaper, Hailey puked on my shoulders, arm, foot, shirt, shorts, and shoe, and we had a blast with "baby JJ" who only filled one diaper and his lap with food.
Two friends of ours became much, much closer friends. Two children that have only had one meeting now have a lifelong link. Diabetes is like any other disease in that it has no preference for who it affects, nor does it care how many it affects. It can't however choose who fights against and who they fight with.
Tonight was a rebuttal of sorts to the lurking "D" that we meet everyday and hate each time. Jeff and Karen remind us so much of us and JJ reminds me so much of Cadence a few short months ago. The link between Cadence and JJ was uncanny, at least from Cadence's perspective. Someone with diabetes......let's talk jibberish and figure it out is what they shared. Cadence knows she's different and knows JJ's different...that bond is forever.
It's amazing to watch a child have an injection of insulin. The ultimate of love-hate. You see the squint and tears but rejoice in the fact that the facial expression ensures another 4 hours of diabetes bliss...good sugar. Then the check, the discussion, the decision, the half hour in bed wondering if you made the right choice, only 90 minutes to sleep before the next decision.
It's unfortunate that our families are drawn closer as a result of our Children's misfortune but I can't imagine a better reason for families to come together than that of mutual support and dedication to our Children. We sadly welcome JJ to the D-family and wish he and his wonderful parents nothing but good sugars and a cure down the road and we couldn't be happier to have good friends to be good friends in the good bg's and bad. J-K-J had a hell of a week that we wish upon noone, but have handled it with incredible poise. We've done what we can tonight but hope they know that there are others out there and we are just a phone call away at any time of the day of any day. Diabetes never rests, nor will those that battle it. The bond that we share is a lifelong struggle for future generations and what more noble cause than that.
9.7 with 0.35 onboard....another 4 hours of peace.
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1 comment:
Hey Brad...funny thing is I was a fan of your blog and writing even before JJ was diagnosed! We had a great time with you guys the other night and just wanted to say that I appreciate all that you and Nic have done so far...thank goodness you guys listened to my early concerns regarding the odd symptoms JJ was exhibiting and offered assistance straight away. Through this experience, facebook and lots of explaining to friends and family, I feel I have already done alot to raise the awareness of what to look for and my friends are all appreciative for the insight...and a bit frightened that it can hit so close to home...sad but true.
I look forward to more wine and food filled nights with you guys coming up with additional 'coping' strategies!
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