Saying goodbye to sugar and spice and everything nice is bittersweet. It's tough watching your little girl turn into a young woman. Just over two years ago we moved into our Bolton home and doused Caitlin's room with pink and lavender and all things frilly. She asked me several weeks ago if we could "ungirly" her room. What? The shabby chic bedding & curtains, the lavender walls, the pink flokati rug? They all need to go?
Yes, says she! T1D adds a whole new layer of complexity to these changes. Growth and puberty cause drastic changes in insulin needs and lead to wild fluctuations in blood sugars. And good luck trying to figure out if mood swings are due to hypo or hyperglycemia or if your child is simply acting like a pre-teen. Imagine hearing "did you check your blood sugar?" every time you're cranky, moody, sad, or giddy?
So the American Girl dolls have been packed away, the Judy Moody books donated, and the lavender walls will soon give way to new color. And we all hang on for this bumpy ride we call life with T1D.
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