05/11/2026
It's been a busy few weeks for us! B finally got his pump after nearly a year of us being on multiple daily injections (MDI). We'll be at the one year mark in 11 days which is wild to think about. The below is from one of our last readings of him solely being on MDI.
The goal is for his blood sugar levels to be between 70-180 mg/dl 70% each day and we measure it by time in range. Blood sugar levels ebb and flow tremendously with T1D, as you've got ~42 factors affecting it daily, and an extra 100+ decisions we've got to make to help him thrive.
This number really is a testament to our dedication and to his hard work as someone learning to manage his condition. It has been a very long road of figuring out what foods are best for him, when and how to time injections, and even how to administer injections when we're at sleepaway camp on the top bunk at 1am...To suffice, the pump has been a massive gamechanger.
When we were first starting out, we used to get wrapped up on how the day went and the decisions we'd made, and how they'd affect Bruce in the short term. Shifting to looking at the TIR really did help our mental health, and move that perspective to the good we're doing for him. This is a very difficult thing to achieve and many people have questioned if it can be done effectively, and we're proud of how hard we've worked to care for him. Love him very much and can't believe how strong he is and how much he's accomplished over the past year.
