Pumping Untethered!

Andrew has decided to "pump untethered". That means that he has switched to using Lantus shots for his basal insulin and is no longer wearing his pump. However, instead of switching back to shots altogether, he is leaving the site in for meal & correction boluses. It gives him only one injection every couple of days instead of every time he eats. We still have the advantage of rounding boluses to the nearest .05 instead of the nearest .5 & can use the pump to calculate insulin on board, etc. It's the best of both worlds. I have to admit, it is nice to look at Andrew again without seeing him hooked up to a machine for life support. It will take awhile to find the right Lantus amount, but we were going to have to experiment anyway to find the right summer basals now that the 4 weeks of camp are over (family camp, 2 weeks of VBS, followed by a Backyard Bible Club!). We started this morning, and so far so good!