Our first Pump meeting...

We had our first appointment with our Certified Diabetes Specialist today about installing Princess's Tandum t-slim pump. It was a lot different than what I thought it was going to be. I guess, I figured that since Little Princess gets poked all the time, that she would be fine with getting the 

insertion placed in her belly. But boy was I wrong. 

Our appointment started at 9 o'clock this morning. We spent the first two and a half hours going over how to work the pump. From the different ways insulin can be delivered to how to set up all of her profiles (One of these days I will have to describe how the pump actually works but for now I will pretend you know what I am talking about ;-) The Little Princess did a great job sitting there listening to our specialist. I am so glad I brought her colorong books, puzzles, and preschool pages to entertain her. But by the time we were ready to do the insertion she was done. 

My husband held her down, and I actually did the firat insertion. I told my husband later, if I hadn't  done the first one,  I dont think I would have ever been able to do it. The Little Princess screamed and tried to get out of her dads tight grip.  She begged and  pleaded with me not to hurt her. I tried not to get emotional and focused on what the certified diabetic specialist was instructing me to do. The little princess didn't even notice when I inserted the needle and then took it out. I think she was more afraid of the unknown than it actually hurting her.  She did not want anybody to touch the insertion for a good hour and she kept complaining that it was hurting her. We doubled checked everything and there wasn't anything wrong with the insertion.  

We tried to get her to move so she could get used to the new attatchment. The first time she tried to pick up a fallen sticker off the ground took her a good three minutes. She was so hesitant to bend over with the insertion and pump attatched to her.  We have had her attached to the pump now for 5 hours. She is climbing, running, jumping, and playing  completly normal. The Little Princess has even learned how to ride in the car, go to the bathroom, and sleep with a pump. She is a very brave little girl. I am so pround to me her Mom. 

We meet up with our certified nurse specialist on next Wednesday to evaluate our trial run. For the next five days we are running saline instead of insuline. So for the next five days, Little Princess is getting extra water through her pump and she still has to have her normal insuline shots. She was very disappointed that she still had to get shots in her tummy to eat.