The training session went okay. Both girls were there and it seemed like once we got into the important stuff on the pump, I had to leave the room with one of the girls. The pump rep was so good about all of it! It was a one on one session with her, so we could go at our own pace and we didn't have a set time limit of how long we had to get through all of this. First it was Dani having to go potty 15 minutes into the session even though I tried to get her to go before we went in! The second time it was with Ellee and I was NOT a happy camper. She got our attention to show that she had "accidently" gotten her gum all over her hands. And when I say all over, I mean all over! It was like a witch's web between the two hands that you would do with a long string of yarn!
I don't know what I was more upset about, the fact that she was playing with her gum when she knew better and has gotten in trouble for it before... or that the rep was getting into the important details of how to use the pump and I needed to leave the room to take care of this! Not knowing the best way to deal with this, I take her to the bathroom and hope the cold water makes it less tacky so that we can pick it off. A few minutes later, the rep comes in with a bottle of hand sanitizer and said she wondered if that would help take it off. After a few more minutes of picking to get the bulk of it off, we go back to the room with a handful of paper towels.
We tried the hand sanitizer and while Ellee picked, she went back over everything I missed. Soon we got to the point of the routine of hooking up the pump. Now we need to insert the infusion set on Ellee so that we can finish the set up. I had hoped that we were over the freak-out-and-panic stage when it came time to insert a set, but I was wrong. She flipped out and Josh had to hold her in a bear hug so that I could insert the set. She showed us little tricks to getting a good insertion and adhesion of the tape.
Once Ellee sat down and started picking at the gum again, she settled down. The rep finished showing us how to hook everything up and showed us other neat features of both the pump and remote. And that was it. She gave us instructions for when we come back the following week and made sure we had the few new scripts for supplies that we needed and we were headed out!
The immediate benefits that I see is that of the meter remote! That and it's funny to see Ellee's face when her pump buzzes from a remote delivery of insulin! She knows what it's for, but she still gives me this goofy face that I can't help but laugh at! This morning it was in the middle of her drinking her milk out of the cereal bowl! Being able to dose her while she's eating is a big advantage, that way I don't have to interrupt her to find a suitable patch of skin for her shot.
Just like anything, there are a few drawbacks, but the pro's out weigh the con's so in the long run, this is definitely a great choice for us!
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