We Did It!

I will post some pictures of Jackson's First Day of 4K soon (take three :)) But, for now I just wanted to post that we survived, and survived well! There are still a few loose ends and a few loose nerves on my end, but I will be doing more emergency training with his new teachers next week and feel sure I will feel better after that.

For now, he did well all week with his sugars while at school. They did have a special snack that pushed him a tad high by lunch at home, but we recovered from that. The teachers from now on will save me his plate (it was in the trash when I went to dose him with his insulin). Without knowing exactly what he ate and it being the first week AND with them headed outside to exercise which might make him go low, I opted to just let him go a tad high and roll with it. I am trying to be more laid back. I know the doctors see it, too, because for the first time ever they actually had advice for me this past visit this week. (How good I timed that appointment along with the first week back at school!? :)) They usually make no changes, but this time they made a few. I was proud that one recommendation they had I had already made on my own a few days prior. They were proud, too. That is the goal for the the parents to rely on them a little less like that. While his A1C (average blood sugars) were a little higher than the previous 3 months reading, the range was still very good for his age. My personal goal (the dr's goal is less than 8% for his age) is less then or equal to 7%. And, he was 6.9%! Yay!

I made another change just today myself with his long-acting insulin. I hope it works! But, with vacation coming up, going back to school next week...I am a little nervous. I will keep a close eye on him. (All this when they just told me to try to back off checking his finger so much. :)) Oh, well. I am trying to help him go through the night without needing so many checks and extra middle of the night shots (don't worry he sleeps through them, but I don't!:)) Hopefully this will bring the A1C down some, too.

But...this also means I have to watch for more lows. That's the scary part.

Preston really missed Jackson this week though. I don't think I realized how those six months of them being joined at the hip brought them closer together. They are getting along a bit (just a bit :)) better and hopefully this will build their relationship by making them more thankful for the time they have to play together.

For now, though, I am happy. I won't say I am not nervous at all. I guess I always will be. But, Jackson is enjoying his new class and was excited each day when I picked him up to tell me all about everything.

We had a small glitch where the teacher forgot to tell me each Thursday is Show-N-Tell (which I was so hoping they had because he missed that in the fall and was looking forward to it!) But, my smart boy searched his bag (frantically I am sure wondering what he was going to present since we didn't pack anything which makes my heart hurt!) and happened to come across a long lost toy in the bottom to present. That bakugan saved the day!

I was proud of him for knowing how to cope! (Ok..I was upset for him and hated imagining how he might have felt left out not knowing what was going on while trying to fit in in a new environment, but Paul convinced me that I should be proud and that I cannot do EVERYTHING for him or he'll never learn independence. And, deep down I know that Jackson is probably adjusting awesomely since he never meets a stranger.)

Next week, we'll be ready for Show-N-Tell, and we will also be ready to show diabetes God is in control, not diabetes!