Hello people!!!

As my friends know I graduated from Collin College with my Early Childhood certificate!! My graduation present was going to Disney World. I went in July for four days with my mom! I haven’t been since I was 5 years old! Gosh! I was beyond happy!!!!

We woke up our first full day early…I couldn’t hardly sleep I was so exited!!! To start my day I packed some gluten free peanut butter breakfast Kind bars. I ate one for breakfast at the cafeteria at the hotel and we make our coffees and took them with us on the mono-rail to get to Magic Kingdom! We got there and I was in awe of the park (I thought I was going to cry). We saw Marry Poppins when we first walked in and then Cinderella’s Castle! It was magical!!! The first thing we did is we went to the laugh floor ( Monsters Ink ). I’ve got to tell you it was a good laugh! Next we did the Buzz Lightyear shooting ride! Next up we did the Little Mermaid, Winnie the Pooh and we did the Runaway Dwarf Mine Train!! Then we walked over to the Beauty and the Beast area. It was super cool! I got in line to get my picture with Gaston! When I was in line my BG was 70 so, I just popped in a glucose tab so I wouldn’t be all shaky while I was taking pictures with Gaston! After that crazy photoshoot it was time for lunch. Mom got reservations at the Beauty and the Beast Ballroom sit down lunch. It was so amazing! My BG was a great number for lunch time. I had a gluten free turkey sandwich with some french fries and of course a Diet Coke. By the afternoon it started raining…hard!!! So we ran in to this ice cream shop. I mean might as well get some ice cream am I right??!

Flash forward to that evening we had dinner in the Magic Kingdom at this Italian restaurant. It was good! I ate gluten free bread and spaghetti.

The whole day my blood sugar was good, because we were walking! After that ice scream though,, it went up a little but I walked it off!!

The next day, we bought some fancy iced coffee for breakfest and I had my gluten free…wait for it…Mickey Waffle’s!!! After that we rode the mono-rail to Epcot and the first thing I saw was the big ball! It was beautiful. The first ride we did was Soarin’ Around the World ( the picture above was in line for that ride ).  We got in the room and it was like you were on a ski lift and it took you up to this screen off the ground and you were feeling like you were flying! Let’s just say it was fun but also kind of nerve racking and no telling what my blood sugar was thinking! We got off the ride. Next up was Nemo and Friends and then we went to this Pixar short films festival. We went to the Coke shop it was fun we got to drink different flavors of Coke!!!

Then, we went to Italy, Germany, Mexico, Japan and Norway! We stopped in Mexico to eat lunch let me tell you never as good as Texas’ Mexican food!!! Stopped to watch the Guardians of the Galaxy awesome mix live! that was cool! after that, Frozen Ever After in Norway! That one was a lot of fun, I love Frozen!!! I guess we were still hungry because we ate in Japan for dinner! Yum!

So, over all my blood sugar was fine! Before the GotG show I was high but I went down after a little bit of walking and water.

We got breakfast and we had to get on a different train to Hollywood studios. we got there and the first thing we did is the new best thing Toy Story land. When we got there it was so amazing! There was a line to get a picture with Jessie! She gave me a big hug…it was awesome! We got to go on Slinky Dog Dash! It was crazy fun!!!! I wanted to do it about 5 more times and then we did Toy Story Mania! So much fun! We walked out of Toy Story Land and ate lunch at 50’s diner! I got gluten free chicken pot pie it was good. Next we went over and did Frozen Sing Along with Elsa and Anne! I felt like I was the only one singing and it was awesome though!! My frozen singing practice paid off. Guess what? I got to meet Olaf after the show. He gave me and hug and a kiss! Last thing on our list for things to do was the Star Wars ride ( not the new one ).

Then we went back to the hotel and got some pizza and sat and watched the Happily Ever After ( the fire work show ) from our hotel, it was amazing!!!

My blood sugar was good that day!

So, for my diabetes. I could get a disabilities pass that allows me to go to the fast pass line if I don’t have already got one. They do that for my insulin pump if it gets over heated or some situation like that…it helps a lot!

Truly a magical trip! I’ll never forget it! Hope to go back again soon!!!

What do I got to say about camp? it was super fun, its such a blessing that our community of T1D get together and hangout and talk about diabetes!!!! its so cool!! 5 days a week of busyness being a councilor for 5 and 6 year old’s. We did group games, splash day, movie afternoon (it was raining) learned more about diabetes, went fishing, and did sports! One day for sports we did a water balloon launch I did one and guess what! it went all over my face!!! I shouldn’t have put no markup on that day, but I did it about 5 more times!! and for water day the kiddos dumped a bucket of water on me…. fun! well that’s me!

Now time for relating!! see you soon!

 

 

 

As all of us are winding down with school, graduation, adulting its getting close to vacation!! YAY!!! maybe its staying home? cracking open a book! or going on a nice vacation to the beach and reading a good book there. Maybe you have plans on going to camp?! my co-worker just told me yesterday that there was leaf collecting camp umm…. I don’t know? there just outside all day collecting leaf’s? in the hot summer time, boring! I guess they make crafts with leaf’s? I don’t know? I’m not going to worry about it. Anyway…. For me June 1-7 I am going to be a councilor for my 4th year at camp new horizons, what is that you ask well I’m here to tell you! its a diabetes camp ages 4 up to 12 years of age and I am In charge of 10 youngsters each of them have diabetes wow that’s I lot! I also have a co councilor to help me out.  I have been at camp new horizons since I was a camper, I believe I was 8 when I started going to camp. I enjoy every minute of camp its exiting to hang out with type ones like me, I don’t really have anybody like me who is diabetic in my day to day life. I keep you up to date in my next blog post about how it went!!

By my peeps!!!! see you next time!!!!

 

First things first! I am set to graduate next week!! So excited! Now on to my career!

To be a special education (pre-school) teacher/teacher assistant you’ve got to have the patience to work with children. My perspective is if you have a place in your heart for the love of these children then go for it! I certainly do! Teach them and the parents it will be a step by step process but the amount of growth your going to see from that child is so cool!!

To be honest I’ve had my days of challenge. But that’s where the patience comes in. Just take a breath, do some mental yoga and come back to it when the child is ready. Hey, I just have to remember the children love achieving goals and when ever they act up just show the child the goal chart and say this is what we are working towards. They then work to try to earn that prize. The children can understand and recognize good behavior but sometimes they can’t control it…but sometimes they can. We work on that. From my perspective being a student teacher this semester, coming home from a morning of observing/part time assistant teacher in the PPCD classroom ( preschool program for children with disabilities) for a semester, it is rewording to know that you are working hard for these kids.

Now that I am graduating, I am looking forward to working with these kids, full time as my life’s work!!!!

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can’t believe its already November, so that means its national diabetes awareness month!!!

I am going to look at this month as a time to bring awareness to type 1 diabetes. I really haven’t had many type 1 friends and siblings in my life to be honest I was feeling like I was alone with this thing called diabetes I just wished I had someone like me. Now I have girls that are just like me that I follow on Instagram and a couple friends that I see every once in awhile and when I go to diabetes camp I feel so awesome because I know most of the people and meet some new people that have diabetic and it makes me happy because I’m not alone. since I found this community that’s when I wanted to really understand that I had diabetes, I didn’t want it to take control of my life. I have a normal life now ever so often I have to step back and do the things I have to do to be heathy about my T1D.

My saying is to have courage and be strong.

 

Hey guys! its me, I was going to talk to you all about how I deal with my diabetes in classes. For you guys that don’t know I go to Collin College I am a early childhood education major, I do the same two classes every other day except Fridays (I don’t have class) .  On Monday and Thursdays I have education class from 1:00pm – 2:15pm  and I always make sure I have plenty of juice boxes and snacks with me in my backpack in case of a low. Now I have had this teacher before so what she does is she has end of the year presentations and for you guys that know me I get nerves about standing up and talking. When I get nerves my blood sugar sometimes goes crazy high when this happens I just try to stay calm and while I do that I bring a water bottle to class so I make sure to drink lots of water. For different projects same situation. For the other education class its Tuesdays and Wednesdays morning from 8:30am – 9:45 so yep! I have breakfast with lots of protein its good for my blood sugar levels and not giving myself all the insulin for breakfast is also good because I don’t get low or I try not to get low during class.  ice coffee ice coffee ice coffee calls my name in the morning time!!! I don’t give my self insulin for ice coffee for what I explained earlier. I make friends that are so nice and when I get to know them more and more threw other classes I tell them I have diabetes and also explain what it is. When me and my friends have get in groups and do fun or research projects if I need to take a brake because my blood sugar is low or high and I cant focus on the project I just tell my peers that I have to take a break.

 

If you don’t know me my name is Caroline Hunt like it says up top. I’ve been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since i was 8 years old (14 years). some of my friends and family don’t really understand a lot of my diagnosis’s, so i thought i would share it for the first blog about what i do to take care of myself on a daily basis.

to my left on the image above you see me working on my Omni pod (my pancreas). It’s a little round clear pod that i get out and it as a paper backing that i peel off and stick any place on my body that i fat on…before that i have to get it out it comes with a needle what a surprise anyways, on the finger stick device it says all what i have to do (like instructions). I have to get a clear class bottle of insulin out as shown above (it’s crazy how that keeps me alive. isn’t?!) and I take the needle and place it in the hole and draw how much i need it to the needle. Place the needle in to the little round hole in to the Omni pod, then push the needle down. (few… that was a lot of talk about needles , am i right?) Now i just have to wait until it processes the insulin in to the Omni pod. Ok back to the part i said up top, i take the paper off of the sticker back then i place it on wear my fat is. Right now i have it on the left back of my arm. I make sure it’s on there nice and tight and here comes the little bit of pain! On my finger stick device (like I said follow the instructions) finally! it says start what that means is that it’s ready to shoot the needle in me….. ouch! (You maybe asking if it stays in there for the next three days (that’s how much i have to change my Omni pod) the answer is no! the shot comes out and goes back in to the pod and there’s a little plastic tube that stays in, so the insulin comes in through that.

Now I’m going to talk about my Dexcom (dex is what i call it) i will make this short. what it does is that the needle is in a plunger (not for toilets) and it’s attached to a square plastic holder and under it it’s the sticky part so it can stay on me. I take the whole thing and put it where I have fat as well. I push the plunger with the needle in side me and the plunger comes off and then i make sure the sticky part is on me good. when all that is done I’ll put a gray square reader (transmitter) in the square hole and attach it. The reason i have another device is that because i can put the Dexcom app on my phone and it reads my blood sugars how cool is that! I can leave it on for about 2-3 weeks.

Shout out to pumppeelz for making diabetes cool with stickers!

Hope you got lots of good information about my diabetes!

Thanks for joining me! I will document my life with type 1 diabetes…hope you follow the progress!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton