Can't Eat When You Want To

Andrew was less frustrated by what he was and wasn't allowed to eat than when he was allowed to eat it. He was in the middle of basketball season when he was diagnosed. He is so competitive that his blood sugar goes up when he plays sports. Do you really want to give a kid with BG in the 300s that aftergame snack? Remember though that high BG makes you cranky & hungry! This issue is much better now that he is on the pump, but we're nowhere near that in the story. He was only allowed to have a shot every 3 hours, so that meant he couldn't eat more than a light snack if he was within 3 hours of a meal. The dietician talked to us about family traditions we thought we'd like to keep. One was the family trip to Bruster's for ice cream. We thought we would try it, but we'd have to have his lunch done early enough to wait 3 hours for ice cream & then have dinner 3 hours after the ice cream shot. Long story short, it's been over a year and half & we've still never eaten there as a family. When Gene & I went on a date once, I asked if they had nutritional information on their ice creams. The gentleman behind me assured me that I really didn't want to know. I assured him that, yes, I really did! That's okay. We can save that money for diabetic supplies!