Report card day! Straight A's! I'm one proud momma!
Not only am I proud of those grades...I am proud of him for taking what he has been given in life and making it his new normal. He is one awesome little man!
Payton can read food labels and tell the serving size and how many carbohydrates are in that food. He is now checking his own sugar and reporting the results to me. He sits there while I poke his arm with that needle 4 times a day. He isn't giving in to the pressure of the snacks and candy that he is sometimes presented with. He keeps track of all the food he eats so I know the right about of insulin to give him. He recognizes his signs of low blood sugar and lets me know so he can be treated.
Never once has he asked me, "Why did I get diabetes?" I hope that through our lives he can see that God has allowed him to have this disease so that he can help someone else...or better yet...develop a cure!
Why did God trust me with a diabetic child? Because with God's help, I've spent the past 6 years fostering his personality and intelligence to be able to handle what he has had to deal with.
His report card may show all A's in reading and math...but he also deserves an A in living with diabetes!
His mom deserves an A also for the amount of stuff she has had to learn including but not limited to giving a shot to her son.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Payton! It's so encouraging that he is dealing with everything with grace and ease--and earning straight A's on top of that! Does he get a John Deere tractor or tractor ride to celebrate? or a trip to the movies? I remember enjoying the celebrations!
ReplyDelete