but i like blue because isn't blood blue before it comes out of a hole in your body and meets air? whatever, probably not, but i'm pretty sure my mom told me that when i was little.
so i will just pretend. it makes me like blue even more as the color to represent the beetes.
(i should have stayed in nursing school, i would not sound so ridiculous sometimes)
we're almost there. in less than 24 hours we've raised $590. mind blowing. absolutely mind blowing that the love and kindness IS out there-and when and where you least expect it.
raising money is hard. i've been giving it a go for just over 5 years now and it gets harder and harder every year. SO many things to donate too. everyone has ONE thing they are passionate about. i was passionate about all sorts of things. until we were smacked in the face with diabetes. smack in the face. my son. my baby boy at just 13 months old. my boy that JUST weaned himself from nursing. slips into DKA and is KNOCKING on deaths door. HELLO.
my passion just took a new direction.
i have folks in my life who are passionate about ben. as a mom, i can tell you that there is NO feeling so ssuperior to know that SOMEONE out there is hoping and giving so that MY son can live a better life. SO MY SON CAN LIVE.
we ain't got no cure. we have insulin...but it sure as hell isn't a CURE. syringes, pumps, continuous glucose monitors. frankenberry cereal. meters that sync with an iphone. glucose tabs. juice boxes. what's healthy for your kid can kill my kid if it's not covered with insulin. what do you mean you didn't drink your milk? meters that talk and take blood from your forearm. i pumped you up for that milk! lancets, pokers, strips, sorry kid, that cereal with the fun toy and sweet colorful logo will wreck havoc on you in an hour, so rice chexs it is. tubing, insertion sites, hallo-fucking-ween. sensors, transmitters, priming. rewinding. bolus. basal. I:C. care link usb charting, how many carbs in that? how many carbs in that? too high. too low. every hour. all day. every day.
diabetes, scha-metes. i can count a bunch of other crazy diseases that are deadly and scary and MAYBE more serious. but you know what? THOSE things aren't the thing taking its toll on my 6 year old BABE. these invisible diseases are real buggers.
i'm glad you guys are GETTING it.
oliver is naked. on the counter. again. this is totally irrelevant to my bloggin' but if i am to get ANYTHING done, i have to ignore him for a few times a day-which means that he is on top of something, eating something, biting someone or in the bath tub.
i wish i could web cam my daily life. i would have to think of a good name so that it when you googled my site you wouldn't' be directed to some funky porn site.
we're working towards a diabetic alert dog.
♪♫♪ it's gonna take money...a whole lotta spendin' money. it's gonna take time. a whole lotta precious time. it's gonna take patience and time. to do it. to do it. to do it. to do it right.♪♫
DARE someone put a price on the life of a child. in my eyes, no price is too high. not for MY kid, and i assure you, it wouldn't be for YOUR baby either.
this dog will be trained FOR ben. he will bark. he will paw. he will GET it, too.
this dog will be MY sidekick, MY hero, MY peace of mind.
this dog will be MY SONS LIFE SUPPORT.
until there is a cure, there is a dog.
god bless them sweeties at Warren Retrievers.
www.warrenretrievers.com
to help us reach our $1000 goal, visit www.paypal.com and use the email
elaineslongarm@gmail.com
if you 'gift' it, paypal won't charge you a fee.
if we reach our $1000 goal, we'll be able to start the official fundraising process to cover the costs of this 4 legged miracle. all donations will be directed to our very own account through warren retrievers/guardian angel service dogs. every penny will go towards bens D.A.D.
