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4 month "Diaversary"

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Today is Alana's 4 month "Diaversary".  I'm just amazed with how far she has come.  The reality of her diagnosis is second nature.  We're at the point in her adjustment that we are now looking into getting an Insulin pump and CGMs.  Our next Endocrinologist appointment will be the true tail. Will our insurance fight us?  I'm sure of it. Alana's blood sugar is stable (for the most part).  She never goes hi and if anything has more problems with it dropping at random times.  The lowest so far being 44.  Scary!  I think the CGMs will be very helpful for those lows.  I recently watched a video on YouTube about a family who lost a daughter in the middle of the night.  She had an extreme low and went into a coma. In the morning, her mother found her.  She was gone. Where they live, CGMs are not available.  It would have saved her life.  I talked to this mom on a group page on Facebook.  She is an amazing woman. I ...