Dexcom G6, what a lifesaver!!

Where do I even begin?!? For the last year my daughter has been using the G5 system to monitor her blood sugar. This has been a battle every 7 days when it came time to change the sensors, the needle is scary to an 8 year old. It always ends in tears and her telling me that I hate her...I mean look at this, wouldn't you be scared?!
 For anyone who doesn't know the picture below is of the G5 system. the packaging for the sensor was bulky, You remove the white adhesive on the bottom and place on stomach, arm or some people put it on the thigh. You break off that plastic clip then push the needle down and then pull back up to insure it was administered. Ash always fought us on putting this on cause it hurt and the "clicking" noise scared her. I am glad that Dexcom has updated the systems and we are so happy to have the G6.

Flash forward to this weekend, we received the G6 just in time for her site change. We opened the package and this is what we got:

We got a new receiver(kind of looks like a blackberry), new transmitters(the little box up top) and new sensors(the box on the right). The new sensor may look intimidating however, you simple push the orange button and the sensor is attached to the body. For the first time in a YEAR my daughter wanted to put the sensor on herself!!! She said "mommy can I try it?" We prepped the site together and she placed it where she wanted it on her stomach and then simply pressed the orange button and guess what..........SHE DID IT!!!!! no fight no nothing!. That sensor is about half the size of her old one(the G5  transmitter and sensor) take a look at this picture for comparison!

You can see the size difference between her old one and her new one. She is in love with the G6 because it thin and sleek, not as bulky under her clothes. I am so happy that she does this her self, another step in the T1D independence. I can not thank Dexcom enough for coming up with a new type of sensor and transmitter, and for helping my daughter gain more independence.

Summer time!!!

It has been almost 5 months since I last posted, it's Crazy how life is. I have been so crazy busy with trying to finding a job(which I am happy top report, I have found one!) and Ashleigh in and out of the hospital due to crazy HIGH blood sugars!
YAY! for summer time! warm weather, pools, ice cream, beaches and other fun things happen during the summer. Ash had a seemingly good school year. We had some ups and downs related to T1D, A hurdle that I am sure we are not over yet. We got a full time nurse at her school so no more changing of nurses every week!!! A lot has changed from the first day of school photo below. She no longer wants to be a computer technician, she now wants to be a veterinarian and save animals, she has gotten taller, I am sure she will be my height or taller in the near future! LOL
Ashleigh said good by to 4th grade and will be a 5th grader in August!

We kicked off our summer by attending the JDRF gala in May, that was lots of fun!! I think the biggest highlight of summer so far has been the event were Ashleigh got to meet American Ninja Warrior Kyle Cochran! What an awesome experience and he was such a nice guy! The event was held near Stanford university, Kyle came out to do obstacle courses with the kids and talk to them about how he was the first American Ninja Warrior to be public about having T1D during the event! He was so inspirational to all the kids, he told them they are not different and that they can do anything they put there mind to!, yes they have to check there sugars and if they don't feel well, take a break, check and correct the issue and then get back out there. Ash had a lot of fun despite it being super hot and her feeling weak, she drank lots of water, cooled off and got back out on the field to enjoy the obstacles, she even challenged Kyle to see if he could be her time on the obstacles!
Here is a collage from that day:

Ashleigh  will be attending Bearskin Meadow camp in the beginning of July, a camp for children and teens with T1D. As She is super excited to go to camp, I have my fears. I worry if she will be okay, she has never been this far away for 8 days! What if her pump malfunctions, what if her Dexcom stops working. I rely on her Dexcom and pump so much, I know she we will in good hands with all the staff that will be at camp. Another update, Ash and I have a family interview next week for her to get a service dog! This is definitely the next chapter in our T1D journey!, we are beyond excited for this opportunity as this is another way for Ash to have more independence! The fist step is the family interview and then they will keep her involved by letting her come and walk the dogs and bathe them. I can't wait to update about how the interview was and how camp was! Ashleigh's 10th Birthday is coming up, my baby girl will be the big 1-0!!