Adventures in KAndylaND
Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge – Day 1
by Christy
The people over at Wego Health have issued a challenge. Blog every day for the month of April on your condition. It can be difficult for us to sometimes come up with a topic, especially when things are going smoothly …
Developmental Ups and Downs
by Christy
We were dealt a blow yesterday. Katie is behind. When Andy was on insulin so many years ago, we knew he was behind. He wasn’t doing anything he should be doing right on track. As a parent, you always want the best for your child, but you also instinctively “know” when something is wrong.
Crash Central
by Christy
Like I’ve said in earlier posts, we seemed to be returning to normal. Then we get too comfortable with that notion and diabetes likes to rear it’s ugly head once again. Katie had a huge spike higher than I thinkI’ve ever seen. . .
The Conundrum and the Experiment
by Christy
a cross-post from my other blog Having 2 children with a rare type of diabetes and a history of Type 2 diabetes in both mine and my husband’s family, you would think we would eat a very healthy diet. Wrong! …
Andy
babies with diabetes
baby on insulin pump
DEND syndrome
Developmental Delay
developmental delays
Developmentally Delayed
Gluten/Casein Free
Glyburide
Healthy Eating
Infant on Insulin Pump
Infant with Diabetes
Katie
medication
monogenic diabetes
Neonatal Diabetes
Rare Disease
Special Needs Parenting
Returning to “Normal”
by Christy
We are finally done with the antibiotics and infections are all cleared up. Blood sugars are starting to rise again so doses of glyburide are starting to slowly increase. I know after all this time that I shouldn’t worry too much about lows, . . .
6 Things About Diabetes – The Neonatal Side
by Christy
November 9, 2010 is the 6th annual D-Blog Day as created by a fellow diabetes blogger, Gina Capone. This year is my first year participating and she has asked us to tell 6 things about diabetes we want others to …
Highs and Lows with New Medicine
by Christy Vacchio
Katie was diagnosed with Neonatal Diabetes at 10 days old and started on Glyburide that very day. While we had a lot of experience with this rare disease with Andy, dealing with a newborn with diabetes was a different skill set altogether. . .
