The D-Log Cabin

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Over a Kansas Rainbow

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I love Kansas, I really do. And there's a kind of tenacious toughness to the Midwesterners that's really quite admirable. But... ...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

15 Months

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This is my angelic child. He is (now)15.5 months old, bright, funny, cheerful. He loves reading books & splashing in the bathtub. He ...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Choosing This, Not That

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This: Not:   This:   (mostly not...) That: This: Not: (the child is a perpetual ray of sunshine,so my colle...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Pledge(d)

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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...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

For Want of a CGM

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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...
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Where the River Runs Deep

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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 ...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

In Ex Evictus, Maeror

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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...
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Friday, March 29, 2013

One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

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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 ...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Lost

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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...
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Friday, March 22, 2013

A JDRF Summit

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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...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Victories

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**** **** 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...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

That "C" Word

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The Cure is Coming. Yes, yes, boys and girls...this according to the Diabetes Research Institute. Your days of blood tests & sw...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In the Trenches

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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 ...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Tsunami

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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...
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Saturday, February 09, 2013

They Cometh

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"Do you know how very,very lucky you are?" my instructor gushed. "This is a wonderful opportunity to influence the nursing sc...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

Gray Days

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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 ...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Once, We Were Juniors

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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...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Fear

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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 ...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

48 Questions

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1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No. My parents were disagreeing over what to name me, and "Heidi" won out over Genevieve and Mar...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The Toddler Years

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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...
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I'm a thirty-something currently trying to finish nursing school. One day, I hope to become an RN.(real nurse) I have a toddler, a husband, and two kitty-cats.
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