The D-Log Cabin

I love Kansas, I really do. And there's a kind of tenacious toughness to the Midwesterners that's really quite admirable. But... ...

This is my angelic child. He is (now)15.5 months old, bright, funny, cheerful. He loves reading books & splashing in the bathtub. He ...

This: Not:   This:   (mostly not...) That: This: Not: (the child is a perpetual ray of sunshine,so my colle...

Long, long ago, when I was a young un' in 4-H...every meeting would begin with the solemn pledge. Which I will probably remember till m...

For want of a nail the shoe was lost. (CGM/blood sugar) For want of a shoe the horse was lost. (blood sugar/class) For want of a hors...

Yesterday,I dropped out of nursing school. It's been one steamroller of a ride,& it's only the third week out of eight. And I ...

Dear Clinical Student, I'll be short & blunt.. I don't want you in my group. And when the reason for this finally becomes know...

It's been one of those weeks...where the diabetes hasn't played nicely with life. It's the first week of Med Surg II(aka Mental ...

Last night at a D-meetup,I lost my beloved Dexcom. I tweeted about it, & while the DOC still has its angels,it also has its "othe...

Several Saturdays ago,I left the toddler with my hubby for the day & drove to Bethesda for the JDRF Summit. I was kind of nervous,as Dad...

**** **** I have a love-hate relationship with this particular series of posters in my Endo's office. (as in, I love to hate them) I...

The Cure is Coming. Yes, yes, boys and girls...this according to the Diabetes Research Institute. Your days of blood tests & sw...

You are a very young teenager,newly dx'd with type 1 diabetes...freshman year of high school. You're at that age where you act like ...

I don't know what to say. Failure is crash wave over me right now,& I can't breathe. Or think. The problem is the nursing schoo...

"Do you know how very,very lucky you are?" my instructor gushed. "This is a wonderful opportunity to influence the nursing sc...

It's been a rough 1.2 weeks. Begun,of course, with a sore throat & a mild cough,moved to the runny nose, followed by the 101 degree ...

The 3rd Semester. Pediatrics, Med Surg II.2 8-week courses, but in reality, it feels like years since we were scared little nursing school...

When I was 14, my immune system started down its deep,dark path toward permanent dysfunction. It started with a bump,a small red itchy bump ...

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No. My parents were disagreeing over what to name me, and "Heidi" won out over Genevieve and Mar...

Babies are like potato chips. It's hard to stop at just 1. My baby just had his first birthday recently...and hugely enjoyed smearing hi...