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<blockquote data-quote="Niamh&#039;s Mum" data-source="post: 114801" data-attributes="member: 24269"><p>Hi Everyone,</p><p></p><p>And thank you all for your support. Niamh is coping really well with the insulin, but the nurse was quite strong willed yesterday morning and said she wanted to see Niamh administering her own medication by tonight. I, nervously, gave her it last night and this morning, and when the same nurse appeared tonight, Niamh categorically insisted on me doing it again. She gives a little wince and is fine, but at this point, I just can't see a time when she will be self-medicating. Is it fine for her to be reliant on me? I have two other girls, age 8 and 6 and even before this diagnosis, I felt stretched to full capacity, but now ......</p><p></p><p>My husband is here and is great and supportive, but Niamh thinks what <strong>I </strong> say and do is gospel!!! </p><p></p><p>We've got our first day back at school tomorrow and have packed our snack boxes and packed lunch boxes already (I don't normally do them until the morning! and hope I haven't put anything really bad in them as we haven't had much advice on diet yet), but we have a big morning ahead of us!!! Tomorrow will be the first one without the nurse standing behind us and where we are on our own to telephone the DN with the results to get out insulin level.</p><p></p><p>Last week my biggest worry was how much homework my girls where going to come home with and now a week on all priorities have changed!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, wish me luck and I'll let you know how we get on in the morning!!!</p><p></p><p>XXX</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Niamh's Mum, post: 114801, member: 24269"] Hi Everyone, And thank you all for your support. Niamh is coping really well with the insulin, but the nurse was quite strong willed yesterday morning and said she wanted to see Niamh administering her own medication by tonight. I, nervously, gave her it last night and this morning, and when the same nurse appeared tonight, Niamh categorically insisted on me doing it again. She gives a little wince and is fine, but at this point, I just can't see a time when she will be self-medicating. Is it fine for her to be reliant on me? I have two other girls, age 8 and 6 and even before this diagnosis, I felt stretched to full capacity, but now ...... My husband is here and is great and supportive, but Niamh thinks what [b]I [/b] say and do is gospel!!! We've got our first day back at school tomorrow and have packed our snack boxes and packed lunch boxes already (I don't normally do them until the morning! and hope I haven't put anything really bad in them as we haven't had much advice on diet yet), but we have a big morning ahead of us!!! Tomorrow will be the first one without the nurse standing behind us and where we are on our own to telephone the DN with the results to get out insulin level. Last week my biggest worry was how much homework my girls where going to come home with and now a week on all priorities have changed! Anyway, wish me luck and I'll let you know how we get on in the morning!!! XXX [/QUOTE]
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