Oliver's Diagnosis

Christmas has come and gone and it's a new year! The time has flown by. Our home-made Christmas went surprisingly well, all though, I was not very diligent uploading the remaining gifts. I did not have a moment to spare between last minute crafting and Oliver's surprise diagnosis. In mid December Oliver was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. This was a total shock given we did not even know it ran in the family. We have learned since then that his great uncle Oliver was afflicted with this same disease! We spent the end of December getting educated about diabetes and learning how to help Oliver maintain his blood sugar levels. Unfourtunatly, this requires him to get at least four shots a day of insulin and check his blood sugar even more frequently. He is amazing. He no longer cries when we give him a shot or poke his finger! He maintains his usual happy disposition inspite of this challanging life change! We have a wonderful team of doctors, educators and nutritionists at the Pediatric Diabetes Center at the OU Schusterman Center and we have joined the Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation to become better educated and help them achieve their goal of finding a cure for diabetes! I will resume blogging in the future and I will craft again one day but I hope to find a way to do both to benefit this cause that is now so important to me, little Oliver and our family!