10 Years

10 Years of Finger Sticks
10 Years of Needles
10 Years of Insulin
10 Years of Doctor Visits
10 Years of Struggle
10 Years of Tears
10 Years of Sleepless Nights
10 Years of Bravery
10 Years of Asking God why?
10 Years of wondering what I did wrong to hurt my baby
10 Years of Low Blood Sugars
10 Years of "HI"

10 Years of Mood Swings
10 Years of Parents saying to us "Should she really eat that piece of Birthday cake"
10 Years of fighting with the Insurence Companies
10 Years of Over Protecting my Baby
10 Years of watching Ella get stronger every day!
10 Years of PTSD
10 Years of Anxiety in all of us
10 Years and you have grown from my baby to my little girl and now a teen!

Here is to...

A Lifetime of Smiles

A Lifetime of Laughter

A Lifetime of Sleepless nights

A Lifetime of Musicals

A Lifetime of up's and down's

A Lifetime that you have taken control of

A Lifetime of me not wanting to let you grow up 

Ten years ago our lives change forever, I still cry, I still get mad at God, I still pray for a cure. But I have watched you always strong always brave always kicking this disease out of the way not once letting it slow you down!

You will always be my baby no matter how much you grow up!

Love You, Ella,

Dad

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Last night Ella preformed during half time with the Cavalettes. Some where around 200 kids join in from schools around the area. Its always fun for me to take her to the High School I went to. Ella has been having some really tough anxiety problems from her Diabetes. So getting out of the house was a good thing as well. Please enjoy this quick little video.

Turkey's Away

Sorry  for the lack of post's this week I will try and get caught up soon. With Thanksgiving on our heels and while working retail Black Friday is on my mind. Not to mention inventory the first week of December. Yesterday was Ella's Diabetes 3 month follow up her A1C was a little higher than we would have liked. She came in at 8.9% they would really like her to be under 8%. Other then those things look good. So just a quick share this week.

WKRP Turkey Drop




If I don't get a chance to say it later Happy Thanksgiving.

Let it Snow??

See dad it snowed.

So today the kids just could not wait for me to get home. When I got to the sitters they had their coats and out the door they went. I love the magic of the first snowfall but this was more like ice pellets not pretty at all. Never the less they were overjoyed to run around in it.

It's Diabetes Awareness Month

My Princess on that Scary Day


It's Diabetes Awareness month. It isn't pink or sexy, it doesn't involve boobs, football players, or cute shirts. It is about being grateful when your loved one wakes up in the morning. It's about 3 a.m. blood checks, needles, low and high blood sugars, and the smell if insulin on your hands after changing a pump site or filling a syringe. That's a diabetics life. Repost if you love someone with diabetes. For my princess Ella Type 1 November 21,2008 at the young age of 4! 




(part's taken from my wife's Facebook page)

Nick Boynton Diabetes Spotlight

Nick Boynton Biography

Claim to Fame: NHL Hockey Player
DOB: January 14, 1979
Diabetes Type: 1


Boynton is a professional hockey player best known for playing on a number of teams within the National Hockey League, particularly the 2009-2010 Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks. A born athlete, Boynton was raised in Nobleton, Ontario, Canada. He grew up on the ice, playing minor hockey for local teams and displaying his athletic prowess. In 1994, at the age of 15, Boynton skated his way into the Metro Junior Hockey League, a branch of the Ontario Hockey League, playing for the Caledon Canadian Jr. A. club.

In 1999, what should have been a banner year for the young player who was drafted by the NHL’s Boston Bruins, turned out to be a period marked by fear and illness. Suffering from extreme fatigue, thirst, and weight-loss, Boynton was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes while attending a training camp in Boston, after his illness was initially misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

Boynton quickly adapted to his life with diabetes and refused to let it stand in the way of his hockey career. He continued to play for the Boston Bruins until he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in 2006. According to fellow players and coaches, Boynton remained aggressive and unstoppable — knowing what his body needed and how to manage his diabetes allowed him to be dominant on the ice. He played for the Coyotes until 2008 when he was traded to the Florida Panthers, the Anaheim Ducks, and eventually the Chicago Blackhawks.

In 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks, with Boynton at right defenseman, beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4 to 2 in the championship game to win the Stanley Cup. Boynton then became an unrestricted free agent, and he now has the freedom to choose what team he plays for and for how long.

Off the ice, Boynton is an active member of the diabetes community. He enjoys working with the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston to educate and motivate children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

“It surprised me how many kids there are with type 1 diabetes,” Boynton said in a 2004 interview with Diabetes Health, “I knew nothing about the disease until I was diagnosed. It’s amazing — I get so many letters from the kids at Joslin, and I appreciate all the support I get from them, it’s really nice.”

Boynton has recently become an advocate for insulin pump therapy, after adopting the technology to help him manage his own diabetes. “I feel great,” says Boynton, describing his experience with the pump. “The pump really helps my blood glucose control. Before using the pump, once in a while, I’d have a 240 or a 300. But with the pump, I’ve been able to keep it closer in check.” Boynton’s determination to stay in control of his diabetes is a powerful example that living with diabetes doesn’t mean you can’t live a healthy and happy life full of success!

Find more athletes with diabetes!

Source: http://www.dlife.com/

November is Diabetes Month Please Take the Pledge

With nearly 26 million children and adults in American living with diabetes, and another 79 million at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the disease is taking a devastating physical, emotional and financial toll on our country. Yet, most Americans don’t consider diabetes a serious matter. They feel it is someone else’s responsibility; someone else’s problem.
Recent numbers by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paint a desperate situation of where we are at, and where we are headed:

• Every 17 seconds, someone is diagnosed with diabetes.
• Diabetes kills more people each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined.
• Recent estimates project that as many as 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes in 2050 unless we take steps to Stop Diabetes.

Now is the time to act.
Become Involved in American Diabetes Month® 2011
November is American Diabetes Month, a time to rally individuals, communities and families to Join the Millions^SM in the movement to Stop Diabetes®. This year, the American Diabetes Association is asking individuals to take a pledge and raise their hand to Stop Diabetes.
Beginning November 1, the public can take action by taking the American Diabetes Month pledge on Facebook.
Here are other ways you can become involved:

1. Attend an American Diabetes Month event in your area
2. Visit www.stopdiabetes.com
3. Call 1-800-DIABETES
4. Text JOIN to 69866 (standard data and message rates apply)

I pledge to do all I can to keep my daughter with diabetes healthy while we continue to fight hard for a cure.

Diabetes Update

Heard on 20/20 tonight about a great new breakthrough. They are testing a new pump they are calling an Artificial Pancreas. It is unbelievable, you do not need to do pokes or shots!! Wow no, poke no shots one step closer to a normal life. I know don't get your hopes up but this time it's hard not to. Please feel free to follow along the story is here http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=104576 . It sounds like Ella could see this before Jr. High again WOW! Check it out.