The UPS man just stopped by...something he NEVER does. I guess I need to order stuff for him to bring me something. Anyway, he stopped and handed ME a package! I said, "I never get anything!" and then I looked at the return address--Medtronic. "Oh, medical supplies" I said with a sigh of disappointment. But then I came in the house to see what it was we had received, and it was this thing of beauty...
Let me explain why this is such a wonderful gift. Last summer when Rachel got her new pump it came with a BD meter. The new pumps have a fancy feature wherein the BD meter would wirelessly send the glucose # to the pump and the pump calculates how much insulin is needed. How great is that. No more math in my head--or guesses rather.
So we were so excited about the new features and what a great help it was going to be for us as Rachel is older and starting to not want me to come and sit with her at her friends houses anymore. ;)
Well, when I went to pick up her first prescription of test strips I discovered that our co-pay was a mere $60--PER MONTH! As nice as the feature was we just couldn't do it...so we went back to our $5 a month One Touch meters.
So this meter that we received today is the new MiniMed wireless Meter that connects with the Paradigm pump!!! So as I'm sure you've put it all together by now...we are in business for a small fee of $5 a month. I feel like we've won the lottery.
You may wonder why this is such a big deal. Well, it means a whole lot less work for me...every 12 weeks when we take Rachel to the doctor we have to take a log of ALL her blood sugars and insulin doses. You do the math--8-10 tests a dayX7 says a weekX12 weeks. It's not fun, and I can never seem to stay on top of it. Now all her blood glucose #'s will be on the pump along with her insulin doses and how many carbs she eats (which she enters in manually). So then all we have to do each week is hook her up to the computer and download all the info! And in another few years...it can be her job to download herself and report to mom and dad each week! I'm seeing the light! The end of this tunnel will never come, because I'm her mom and will ALWAYS worry about her, but it gets brighter all the time!
Have a happy day!
4 comments:
That is cool! I am excited for you - but I always loved playing the guess the units game... But once every so often is not 7 times a day.
Congrats!!
Hooray for modern technologies that maker our lives easier one bit at a time! I feel the weight lifting off your shoulders 1000 miles away!
Wahoo!!! What a huge blessing!
Are you saying that you won't have to "fake" like you filled out those huge charts on a daily basis anymore? Ha, ha, just kidding. I remember that was a huge pain. Technology is amazing!
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