Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

[Guest guest]

now he does it and half the time doesnt even worry about his

sticker!! johnathon is actually the one that starts yelling i get a

sticker after i give christopher his shot!!! LOL!!! and chrissy's

maddie gets everything ready for her BS check each time chrissy does

it!!

jodie c

> Hi ,

>

> As Jodie said, you need a glucometer. The device itself isn't all

that

> expensive, but the test strips are.

>

> has been having his BS tested since about a year of age.

It didn't

> take long for him to learn how to press the button that pops the

lancet into

> his finger. Having some control over the situation helped him deal

with it

> well. We have to test him a minimum of twice a day. It is a slight

pinch,

> but it doesn't affect at all anymore, and at 3.5 yrs old,

he can

> almost do the entire thing himself now! The only thing he can't do

is read

> the numbers! LOL

>

> When is sick, his BS is tested much more often. This last

hospital

> stay, over Mother's Day, I tested him every two hours while he was

on the

> D10 IV, and then every hour while the Drs were trying to adjust

the IV rate

> with his feeds. I always feel a little sorry for him when he has

to be

> tested that often because his finger tips get a little sore.

>

> I've come to realize that a lot of times our kids react the way we

expect

> them to react. If we make a big deal about some procedure, then

they think

> it's a big deal. If we behave as though this is just routine,

matter of

> fact, then they learn to feel the same way. Does that make sense??

>

> Hope this helps

> HUGS!!

> Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 5 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube,

GHT)

>

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I can not belive I have not heard of this before, well I hope we can get tori

cked soon.

Thanks for all the responses

Re: @CHECK++ Help Blood Sugar ? TONYA

Hi ,

As Jodie said, you need a glucometer. The device itself isn't all that

expensive, but the test strips are.

has been having his BS tested since about a year of age. It didn't

take long for him to learn how to press the button that pops the lancet into

his finger. Having some control over the situation helped him deal with it

well. We have to test him a minimum of twice a day. It is a slight pinch,

but it doesn't affect at all anymore, and at 3.5 yrs old, he can

almost do the entire thing himself now! The only thing he can't do is read

the numbers! LOL

When is sick, his BS is tested much more often. This last hospital

stay, over Mother's Day, I tested him every two hours while he was on the

D10 IV, and then every hour while the Drs were trying to adjust the IV rate

with his feeds. I always feel a little sorry for him when he has to be

tested that often because his finger tips get a little sore.

I've come to realize that a lot of times our kids react the way we expect

them to react. If we make a big deal about some procedure, then they think

it's a big deal. If we behave as though this is just routine, matter of

fact, then they learn to feel the same way. Does that make sense??

Hope this helps

HUGS!!

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 5 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)