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Kids events are good for Diabetic kids. You should try them. Lots of info & you & kids learn. Good luck 🙂
 
Copepod said:
It sounds like a really difficult situation, Shivles, and that you know all about the legal processes. Ihope that the appointment with consultant - and presumably your ex-partner, too? - is helpful to you all. How much time does your daughter spend with her father? Are you going through mediation, divorce etc?
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She spends approx 1 day a week with him, he flits in and out depending how he's doing that week. There's no mediation and we weren't married so he just asks can he have LO when he fancies it's a nightmare tbh.

He should attend the appointment on Thursday for her clinic, I'll be bringing up that I'm applying for a specific court order to get her medical treatment she deserves I'm sick of him being allowed to go against medical advice because of his own predgudice against pumps or trying to upset me or whatever the reason is, it's certainly not logical because every concern he has had has been addressed yet he continues to find excuses.
 
stephknits said:
I was wondering if you can think what changed your mind? I remember you were not interested in a pump and felt it wasn't right for your daughter. What made the difference for you? Perhaps you could work on those areas with your partner? Wishing you all the luck with your appointment.
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It was splitting up with him and stopping listening to his poison about anything that isn't Novomix 🙄 I can barely talk to him half the time never mind have an adult conversation about this stuff. The doctor told us last time het hba1c was too high and his response was "well that's bullshit isn't it?" 😱

When we split I started doing my own research on pumps, he has refused to even Google it and when we went to start her trial he didn't even know it was only rapid insulin in the pump and had to have the basal thing explained twice. He's just got it in his head pumps are evil for some reason and refuses to listen to medical professionals or anyone who has one. Like it's a conspiracy or something lol.
 
He really is stuck in the past if he thinks Novomix is the best regime available these days :( He's not two years old, facing all the ups and downs that growing up with diabetes can present - I'm guessing he probably had no choice when he was diagnosed about what regime to go on. He's clearly got used to his way of doing things and is finding it difficult to understand why you would need/want to do things any differently :( Basically, if it was prosthetic limbs we were talking about he'd be happy with his wooden leg and couldn't possibly understand why anyone would want a blade 🙄

Your LO's health prospects should be the overriding factor here, I hope that you can get agreement soon 🙂
 
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