3 Days

We were off to a rough start, lots of tears and pain, but 3 days are over now, and happy to report no major pains! 

3 days is the length of time that you wear an insulin pump set.  After three days, you take that one off and insert a new one in a different location.  Ellee did not like the idea of inserting the set.  She screamed, cried, and struggled.  But it needed to be done, so I tried to set it as fast as I could.  I put it on her upper butt so that she would hopefully forget about it and not be able to easily reach it to remove it when ever she wanted.


And it worked!  The first day there was an occasional whimper of it hurting, but she got distracted and moved onto something else.  The next evening, she was proud to show that it was still on and that it didn't hurt.  Same thing that next evening. 

This morning it was time to remove it and insert another one.  If we can get through a couple of these, then I would be comfortable calling the pump company and requesting the paperwork to get the ball rolling with the insurance company.  She was not happy because she saw the new set in my hand and started flipping out.  Mom and I tried to reason with her to no avail.  I was able to remove the old one with out her really acknowledging it, but not able to insert the new one. 

The compromise.  Mom and I tried to reason with her.  This "shot" once every three days doesn't hurt nearly as bad as 15 shots over three days as long as she relaxed and didn't fight us.  I also explained that once we get the pump, once we remove one we have to insert another one to replace it.  But in the mean time, since this is just a test, we decided it was best to wait a day.  Our deal is that we will put the new one on in the morning so that she can show Grandpa how it works! 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will work.  In the mean time, I will be calling the pump company and trying to get things going.  I'd like to be far enough along that we can get any questions or concerns addressed by the doctor next month.  And I hope that we are far enough along that we can ease any concerns the doctor has, since her office have been dragging their feet with this whole process.