Wow! A second blog posting in May!

Megan was released from Children's Memorial Hospital yesterday, Memorial Day, around 4 p.m. The doctors (we had four--one attending, one resident, and two others) were comfortable enough with her blood sugar results we were seeing with the new amounts of insulin Meg was getting so now we're home.

Megan seems to spike in the early afternoon and drop during the wee hours of the night. The drops at night now are not as drastic (one night her sugars were registering 60--incredibly low for her since we began measuring) but the midday highs require an additional shot of insulin.

She's in good spirits and doesn't whimper too much when we have to draw blood to measure the sugar levels or when she gets the shot.

The docs can't pinpoint when she got diabetes, but they're pretty sure she got it when she had a virus. The body's soldiers were sent out to fight the bad germs, but through a case of mistaken identity, attacked pancreatic cells. After a full onslaught, the pancreas could no longer produce insulin. So, I'm correcting myself a little here. Meg didn't necessarily have a weak pancreas--just confused lymphicites.

She is also walking like a marathoner at long last! She's had the coordination and muscle for it--but she doesn't have Emily's fearlessness. But today, she found the courage to leave her walls behind. She was busy walking up and down our long hallway by herself--with no bribes, which is good--since Grandma Barb really can't use Mountain Dew with her, anyway.

Lauren and Emily are in Minnesota with the grandparents this week. Emily misses Daddy. I'm hoping Meg will at least be a Momma's girl. The other three aren't unless they're extra-tired.

Besides Meg being in the hospital, it was a busy weekend at our house. Dan, at long last, graduated from seminary with honors no less! A great improvement over his undergrad years! We're very proud of him. All but Meg got a pic taken with the graduate. Now we just need to have him gainfully employed...not too much word on that front, yet.

This month also saw my brother John get married. So, at long last, I downloaded the pics to my computer. I'll try to get them formatted and attached, maybe even some video. Again, no quotes. I haven't had time to take notes...