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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe night was hard. We were already exhausted and of course, the CGM would decide to disconnect. We had alarms going off several times during the night. It would wake us up. We\u2019d have to go in check on Mylin, sometimes do a finger prick, mess with the CGM. Eventually, in the middle of the night, everything came back online and we got a little bit of sleep, but man did that 6 AM alarm come early this morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best news? Mylin did make their first day of school! You would\u2019ve never known that kid was traveling for 12 hours yesterday, or that they were woken up several times during the night for diabetes issues. They were up and at\u2019em. They went to school with their CGM on their arm, their insulin pump on their thigh, and their GJ tube hanging out on display, just totally rocking it! Daniel and I had contacted the school already to let them know about some of the accommodations Mylin would need. Since Mylin isn\u2019t allowed to lift much still with the abdomen healing, they need a rolling backpack. They also carried a small lightweight backpack with all of their diabetes gear in it. Mylin\u2018s school campus is really big! I wanna say there was a day when I was standing at the front gate and Mylin was out of class at the back and it said Mylin was like .5 miles away. Due to this, we had requested that Mylin have access to golf cart chaperones to classes. We were nervous about them over exerting themself. Well, it turns out Mylin refused to use that golf cart chaperone at all! They walked to every single one of their classes on their own. They took care of blood sugar lows on their own. They only complained of a little back pain from being up and around so much. I worked until 7:30 PM, and I thought for sure I would be coming home to Mylin asleep in their bed. Instead, I came home to a Mylin that was happy and wide awake and STILL had energy! I mean, I can\u2019t tell you the last time I saw this kid have this kind of energy!! (They are still awake as I am typing this at 9:40pm playing with their dog!!) My mind is utterly blown! Daniel and I are so happy for Mylin! It was crazy to watch all three of our kids walk into high school together today. it\u2019s so weird being back home. Especially coming back the night before the first day of school. It\u2019s like we\u2019ve been thrust back into our normal life. Almost like the surgery and Ohio hospital life is completely separate from what\u2019s happening here. Like this summer was a strange time warp. Now we\u2019re back\u2026 back into traffic, school, figuring out meals, can friends stay the night, who\u2019s taking who to practice, and being so busy you barely have a minute to blink. Then when you do, blink, it\u2019s another day. Except we have a healthier more ALIVE kid than we left with. What a wild and wonderful thing. We\u2019re all home together again! \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mylin had their follow up appointment with their Ohio G.I. doctor yesterday at 10:15 AM. I had forgotten to bring the diabetes bag from the car, and ran like hell to grab it before our appointment. We had been running later than I like to, because I spent the morning cleaning the room at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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