ANNOYING DEXCOM DAY! | Type I Tuesday 

Awe sweet Henry is so brave getting all those pokes daily and having that Dex in his body 24/7. I sure pray kids don't bully him, they can be so cruel sadly. You and Andy are such loving parents to those sweet boys there lucky to have you!! ❤️🙋👼

Amy, you are the most amazing mother! So much going on, and you are so calm and collected.

the joys of type 1 diabetes. some days are good and some days you just can't work it out. it does my head in some days figuring out whats going on.

Henry has the sweetest spirit!

Your boys are the sweetest!

I am so sorry for a frustrating day! I always relate to these kinds of things, while my son doesn't have diabetes he does have life threatening food allergies to more than one food. So many days are spent trying to figure out what caused the hives that he randomly gets or if he makes a funny scratching noise in his throat we are trying to think what he ate and checking his breathing(he is only 2 so he can't fully communicate how he is feeling). Those are the worst days. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks so much for sharing Henry's day with us - it gives fantastic insight into the day to day with type one :) xx

Wow, I had no idea it was so complicated. What would you do without all that technology?!! Thanks so much for letting us peek into your day. You're a great mom, doing a great job with all three of your boys. Your littlest guy on the piano was so cute, with the little fingers, and the curls!! :)

I have the same GM and I love it. I can test A lot with no pain. You are a great mom and you have smart kids

Your such a great mom! I can never say that enough!

What a brave strong boy Henry is. I really enjoy the videos. I am wondering why there is always such a difference in the dex and actually poking his finger? You are a great mom Amy! Your boys are lucky!!

grr, i can totally relate to annoying low blood sugar days. I feel so sorry for Henry. :(

We use the medtronic sensors (in Europe so we have the 640g and new transmitter)...i'm not sure if this is the same as with Dex but we were told to try to only calibrate at most 3 times in 24 hours and if at all possible not when there are arrows. I have another friend whose daughter is on the same system as we use and she was calibrating frequently if the cgm was off and/or if it had arrows, once she stopped doing that they had less days where readings were way off. Also, if our whole day is wonky I call medtronic and tell them; they will then ship us a new sensor for free. Maybe you could try that with Dexcom too. If you ever decide to go back on the pump I highly, highly recommend the Medtronic 640g. I don't think it is out in the states yet but I'm sure it will be soon. It has been amazing for us. Not only will the basal suspend in anticipation of a low but once the blood sugar rises it will turn itself back on. This has been so helpful in the night...we don't always wake up to our 4 year old's alarms because we sleep so deeply. We had the old Medtronic pump and while the suspend function was nice, sometimes she would wake up high because it would stay suspended for too long.

It took me 35 years to use my belly!! Now it's my ONLY injection site. Yay Henry for getting past your initial fears!!

I am sure this will not be the same for you but just in case... When we first put my son on Dexcom we were calibrating it all the time. And it seemed like it was so off... more times than correct. Well we figured out we were basically confusing his dexcom. We decided to stop calibrating it so much, unless it was crazy off or if it is blood drop time. Since we have stopped calibrating it when it was like 10 and 20 points off now it seems to correct itself almost perfectly. I hope that made sense. I went from not loving dexcom to loving it now. Anyways, that is our story with it.

I just got my dexcom on Thursday the 21st I love it

Good morning Amy, our local New just had a story about how to eat healthier and the talked about cloud bread. I've never heard of it. I think they said it was carb free so maybe it's something Henry would like.

so frustrating. we had one of those nights last night. we didnt want to over correct lows so we were giving a tablet or even half a tablet. the dex was going off and my phone was alarming and then my husband's phone would go off a minute later... it was just insane. dex was accurate but just extremely persistent and the apps were keeping us up all night. eventually I gave him 2 tablets and he flung up to 200 but but we were so done with those lows.

I hate those days. Especially whrn the low is there for no reason. I had LOW double srrow down a few mo ths ago, bg of 29. The whole day my bg never got above 100.

I'm not trying to be nosy, I'm just curious why you prefer the shots over the insulin pump. Great video, and looks like you guys are doing an awesome job with Henry's diabetes!

wow! congrats!

I have the same brand of piano books, but I'm level 3B

We just got approved for a dexcom yesterday.

Your boys are soooo sweet ❤️

Does Henry ever check his own blood sugar at home? I was diagnosed at 3 years and I remember that I tested with mom's supervision at 6. I remember it helped me feel better because I felt like I could control an aspect of having diabetes. Hope the dexcom calibrates. :D

How long does Henry wear the same inset? I have found that Week 2 with Dex is soooo much more accurate than Week 1 and Week 3 is a mess. Usually we get about 16-17 days out of an inset. And there is a beautiful, brilliant, *accurate* four or five days in there. It's still nice to have Dex. We could never go back, but it sure is annoying when it alarms so often!

Does Henry feel when he is low yet? I have been in the 50s and feel dizzy, etc, but my BS runs low (hypoglycemic) and obviously I am an adult. For me, it has always been fine between 70-80 but I don't know what it is like for Type I. Is it different for kids as well? As adults, our reference range is 80-120ish...I am not sure the worry with just a few units lower or higher than that reference range. Or is it because he had just eaten and it is an indicator that his BS will continue to drop? I hope that made sense. I have never taken care of type 1 patients (no peds experience), just type 2 and it really is like apples and oranges...or carrots:)

I'm getting a trial sensor in Feb. is it frequently off a lot, just curious. Thanks!

how often do you need to charge DEX

Nice Video Amy Dexcom Sure can be wrong sometimes it Happens will be ordering My Share soon Looking forword to it wish they would have the Share App for Android soon i heard or i"ll have to Figure out something Apple Products not Cheap unless i can find an ipod on Sale what kind of Ipod does Henry have might give me some idea what Generation is it Have a Great Day

What is the school lunch app you speak of? Our son use to love eating at school but now i wouldnt know the carb counts.. Thanks

how old is he

he takes the shots good....

What do u put in his spy belt? X