Success! At first, I thought I would have to lay on Peony to insert the transmitter. She was so anti-new device. My mean mother voice and attitude won the day although the insertion really hurt and I was reading eachh step as we went along which slowed things down. We were unable to have Dexcom training before vacation, so I just muscled it through. I wanted to start this new regime while I was with her 24/7 on vacation. After the two hour activation time, Peony was totally on board with this new toy. We named it Carl. Ladybug said we could throw out the TV and just watch Peony's blood sugars! We had her run a block and back and she dropped 40 points in 2 minutes! WOW. As the days went on we noticed a real sluggish insulin response. She would be high, maybe 350, and the pump would say she had maximum insulin on board, so she couldn't add more and it took a long time to come down. Her second night was awesome, all night in range.
We had an endo appointment immediately upon return from vacation. The Doctor was curious about the Dexcom and based on our observations we adjusted Peony's insulin to carb ratio to 1:5 from 1:6. She thinks this will speed up the insulin reaction time. It's amazing to make treatment decisions already from this new technology.
I am enthusiastic and excited about this new tool, but it is just a tool and I hope thirteenism doesn't get in the way when the newness wears off. We shall see.
More later.
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