VICTORY!!

After months of working with the school, trying to convince them that a school nurse was needed for our growing student body, I am SO happy that the new school nurse starts today! She will be working 4 hours a day and helping Hunter with all of his diabetes needs while at school. We first approached the Superintendent in September expressing our concerns with the quality of care given to Hunter at school. Since he began school 2 years ago I have been going in every day to count his carbohydrates at lunch time and help him with his insulin pump. I also spend a lot of time on the phone with his classroom teacher talking her through low blood sugars and other issues that arise. Hunter's classroom teacher is wonderful and takes such good care of him, which has been such a blessing. Caring for low blood sugars and such often takes her away from the other students though. Although I love seeing Hunter midday, it was difficult getting out of the house with 2 little ones at 11:00 every day. We live 10 miles from the school and I also take the kids to school and pick them up...making 3 trips a day. After many visits with the superintendent, calls to school board members, gathering opinions from community members, talking with legislatures, doctors and lawyers we are thrilled that this victory has finally come. I have cried many tears, looked seriously into homeschooling and lost a lot of sleep. This is the first day that I have ever sent Hunter to school without having to worry. The nurse is a wonderful lady from the community who will be such an amazing asset to the school system. Not just for Hunter but for EVERY student! Of course we are hoping that this position will slowly grow into full time but for now we are just so happy that the majority of the day is taken care of.

It's that time again!

This weekend we are having our annual fundraiser rummage/bake sale to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Our family takes part in the Walk to Cure Diabetes, which will be held at the end of this month. Last year our team raised $5000 and this year we hope to up that. We have piles of donated items for the sale and I'm still cleaning out closets and going through drawers. Our rummage sale brought in $650 last year! It is a great fundraiser and something the whole family enjoys helping with. I am super excited the forecast says 25 degrees for Saturday. That sounds heavenly compared to today's -25 degrees! If you live in this area and would like to come to the sale drop me an email and I will give you all the details. :)

This picture brought a smile to my face today!