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What is involved when going onto a pump?

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Hi my little boy is 3 and was diagnosed in Jan this year. We have our name down for a pump and hope to be fitted in the new year ( hopefully !)

What is the process , do we go into hospital and be shown how to use it there ?

Thanks
Helen
 
Hi Helen,

Great news getting a pump.🙂In most cases (although teams can differ) you would go to see your team at the Hospital and perhaps the rep from the pump Company. Training on the pump can take from a couple of hours to half a day - it depends how much you already know beforehand. Which pump are you getting? Medtronic do an on-line training School which is great and simple to use - it might be worth having a practice. Are you using saline first or straight onto insulin? My son was 11 when he went onto his pump so its a little different than with a three year old. Are there any other children starting on the same day? This can sometimes help if your child is a little nervous. We really didnt like the pump for the first couple of weeks - it was all so different from injections - but we soon got used to it and wouldnt do without it now. It is hard work at first as levels can drop quite a bit as less insulin is usually needed (around 25%) but it takes a bit of getting used to. Have you joined the email list CWD (childrenwithdiabetes)? 🙂Bev
 
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Hi, we were a bit different, we had a spare pump to play with for a couple of weeks then had the DSN spend a couple of hours in our home with us to set it up properly with our daughter and get it running. Then herself and the consultant alternated who was "on call" to us for the first week with insulin ( as saline for a couple of days first) for any problems.

Best of luck with the pump 🙂🙂
 
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