Big Day for Brooklyn

 Today was an exciting day for Brooklyn and me. The past couple of months we have been training on a insulin pump with our diabetes educator. We completed the training last week and today was her insulin pump start day. I still have a lot to learn, but I learn something new everyday. This little machine is going to make our lives so much easier!  Brooklyn is so excited that she doesn't have to get a shot with each meal, snacks and at bedtime. We only have to change her infusion site every three days, and that is practically painless. Just a quick little poke and a small tube is inserted under her skin.  I've been battling with our insurance to help cover the pump, they weren't contracted with the company that sells this pump so it's been quite the process to get all of this to work. This little machine cost $6,700,  so we are grateful that our insurance finally decided to cover the pump 100% with the monthly supplies. I was hoping they would atleast cover 80%, so we were thrilled when they said they would cover everything. We feel very lucky. She's been waiting for this day for months now, we are both glad it's finally here.

This is what her infusion site looks like.  We just have change the spot every 3 days. She also got to pick out some cute skins for her pump.