Diaries of our Sweet Life!

This year has been filled with so many emotions!! But for National Diabetes Day, November 14th we all wore our Blue to show support for Colton on this day in hopes to finding a cure!! Check out our video here 👉 Our Diabetic Journey!! 👈

THE BAD DAYS!! Over the last 7 months there has been every emotion you can think of. I don’t begin to even think I can even imagine what he goes through. I do wish with ever fibre of my being it could of been me instead of him. I would take it all away if I had the chance and that was pretty much the hardest thing to accept on my part. I can‘t fix this I can’t cure him I can’t make it all go away like a mom should. The first night we came home from the hospital. We had to do multiple checks in the middle of the night. The 2nd check we did, his fingers were so sore he just cried and screamed, WHY ME!! I didn’t say anything, cause I had no answer, I just cried with him at 3am till we cried ourselves asleep. We thought he would go back to school right away. But it took over two weeks to get him back there because everyone was severely uncomfortable not knowing how to take care of him. So they decided that Adding in multiple extra finger pokes a day would help, yes his m...

This is the #1 question I get asked...... Did you see any signs of Colton being type 1 diabetic💙⁉️ HONESTLY....... I had NO CLUE what the signs even were to look for. This disease is the 7th leading cause of death & serious health risks being undiagnosed. It was sheer luck we caught Colton so early we were told 2 weeks we  would have seen a 15-20lb weight loss in him and he would have been hospitalized, more than likely, with DKA (diabetic keto acidosis) which I am so thankful for every single day we didn’t go through that! Now that I know here are some signs to look for: • Here is a photo of the back of Coltons bed. Undiagnosed means sugars are not getting into their cells and they are just floating in their blood stream. This caused an unquenchable thirst • Frequent urinating. I thought because he was drinking so much water • Feeling VERY hungry even though they aren’t eating all the time. See no sugars in their cells means they are starving and their bodies wil...

SPORTS 💙💙💙 Please share + Comment to spread the awareness for not only my son here but for all diabetics. This disease SUCKS so the faster we find a cure the better Playing sports with diabetes is SO beneficial for someone with Type 1. When someone is diagnosed they say the lose 10 years off their expected life and daily exercise can get those years back. BUT it’s not for the faint of heart managing your diabetes during sports, especially RED zones sports like hockey, swimming or sprint running for instance can be difficult to say the least. What makes them red zones sports? They are higher intensity activity levels with sudden burst of energy that could cause extreme highs during the game or activity and then cause  lows after during and after games. See when Colton plays hockey it’s not a hour and a half monitor it can affect him for not 24 but 48 hours after🤯 I know i was shocked when I found out too. The muscles need more energy during exercise, so the body release...

This picture looks funny I know BUT This is literally 15 minutes before we found out Colton has Type 1 diabetes😳!! You can see it in his face he’s not well! We were told 2 weeks and we would have seen rapid weightloss of probably 15-20lbs!! When we were first told I cried! All I thought was how his life is now changed forever! Did I do this? He will never be the same! I was SO wrong! We were lucky we caught this so early! The pain & illness he suffered all that winter doesn’t happen anymore. No one “caused” his diabetes! At the time his blood glucose being so high, they say it’s like feeling hung over for a crazy night x10. Now I know why he never wanted to leave his room! Plus we are extremely lucky to be in a time where the medical advances give them more freedom day to day!! His glucose monitor eliminates 90% of his finger pricks. His insulin pump that should be arriving any minute which will automatically deliver insulin and check his glucose levels every 5 minutes!...

Check out Coltons reaction to his very first pump!! He has been waiting a while for this!! The Dab is epic!! 👉👉 Pump Surprise!! 👈👈