Shivles
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent of person with diabetes
Yesterday afternoon we got LO hooked up to the animas vibe on a saline trial! Lots of questions and talking between me, LOs dad (also t1) and the rep then we got her hooked up. She didn't half get upset when the cannula got put on but I suspect it was more the noise and the shock of the firing than actual pain because she will tell me now when things hurt. The cannula is on her bum so immediately getting her in the car seat required a bit of extra checking and shifting about to get her comfy. When we got home (after a reward lunch of McDonald's of course) I got out the 2 spare infusion sets the rep gave us and asked LO if she'd like to give mummy a cannula. Never seen her move so fast, she's decided mine was going in the same place as hers and I prepped it and got her to press it and on it went. I have to admit I didn't feel a thing, no pain anyway it was like being flicked. I found a little pump sized box which I've weighted and taped to the end of my tubing as a pretend pump.
LO had her bath, we disconeccted, then off to bed. I was nervous for both of us sleeping tbh, I decided to let the pump free roam as I imagine this is the most comfortable option. She was really rather confused to have the pump in bed with her but she accepted it and went to sleep. I decided to do the same, getting changed proved a bit of a muddle with the tube so I disconnected while I got my pjs on. So I get in bed to watch Netflix as usual, alarm goes off to check LOs BG, totally forgot I'm attached to a box and got up out of bed for it to swing and hit me in the leg, dangling off me like a dog on a lead haha. It made me see though that it didn't hurt to drop it while attached and the set didn't come out or anything. I dropped it a total of 3 times before I went to sleep.
I was surprised it didn't offer any issues to me sleeping, it clearly just followed me around the bed. I was certainly aware of the cannula, it felt like a bruise and ached a bit but I fell asleep just fine. LO also slept fine, not a peep from her and pump just hanging out in bed with her, put it back on her belt when she got up. She fiddles with the tubing but doesn't seem to dislike the pump, she seems fairly indifferent to it actually lol. My cannula doesn't feel achy today like yesterday but I am still aware of it, it's an odd sensation but not unpleasant, just different.
She's off to her dad's later today, I'm hoping her night there is problem free too. Tried to convince him to test a cannula on himself, they give us one each, but I don't think he's keen lol. Hopefully though he will get to see the pump doesn't cause her any issues and he will agree come Monday we can go live with it (that's going to take weeks to sort out though anyway)
LO had her bath, we disconeccted, then off to bed. I was nervous for both of us sleeping tbh, I decided to let the pump free roam as I imagine this is the most comfortable option. She was really rather confused to have the pump in bed with her but she accepted it and went to sleep. I decided to do the same, getting changed proved a bit of a muddle with the tube so I disconnected while I got my pjs on. So I get in bed to watch Netflix as usual, alarm goes off to check LOs BG, totally forgot I'm attached to a box and got up out of bed for it to swing and hit me in the leg, dangling off me like a dog on a lead haha. It made me see though that it didn't hurt to drop it while attached and the set didn't come out or anything. I dropped it a total of 3 times before I went to sleep.
I was surprised it didn't offer any issues to me sleeping, it clearly just followed me around the bed. I was certainly aware of the cannula, it felt like a bruise and ached a bit but I fell asleep just fine. LO also slept fine, not a peep from her and pump just hanging out in bed with her, put it back on her belt when she got up. She fiddles with the tubing but doesn't seem to dislike the pump, she seems fairly indifferent to it actually lol. My cannula doesn't feel achy today like yesterday but I am still aware of it, it's an odd sensation but not unpleasant, just different.
She's off to her dad's later today, I'm hoping her night there is problem free too. Tried to convince him to test a cannula on himself, they give us one each, but I don't think he's keen lol. Hopefully though he will get to see the pump doesn't cause her any issues and he will agree come Monday we can go live with it (that's going to take weeks to sort out though anyway)