Thursday, November 4, 2010

Pump Dreams!!!

Here's an email I wrote to our Minimed rep (Matt, a.k.a. Molly's brother) and Jimmy's nurse/manager at the Molly Center:

Hi again Matt,
It was great to see you today! Thanks so much for coming and showing us the pump - we're all on board! Even on this rainy and dismal day, you managed to bring some sunshine with you! We are so hopeful that this is going to be so beneficial for Jimmy and everyone around him! You're like our very own super hero!! Thanks again for everything!! Looking forward to our future with Medtronic!!!

Hi Rachel,
Thank you so very much for taking the time to talk with us at the Halloween party! Even in the party setting with your Halloween costume and all, you managed to listen, reassure us, and fix Jimmy's highs that he's been having! We appreciate your willingness to put your "work hat" on and help us!

Jimmy is finally over his bouts of illnesses (cold and ear infection in September, and cold/cough/sinus infection in October.) His numbers were ridiculous, and a combination of your magic and Jimmy feeling better, his numbers are back on track! You're a combination of a genius and an angel all wrapped into one!! Thank you so much for your help and working your magic!

We're giving 8 units of Levemir in the a.m. and 1 unit at night. We also lowered the carb ratio to 35 in the a.m. And although we were nervous wrecks, Halloween proved to be not too bad! Looking at his 30 day and his 7 day average, you can see he's doing much better: 30 day average was 238 as compared to his 7 day average of 185! Still not wonderful... so now we're ready for the pump!!!!!

As you can see from above, we met with Matt, and we're ready to go with the Medtronic Minimed!!! Our ideal start date is December 23rd. Since we're teachers, that will give us 10 days of getting the hang of it before going back to school. Is there any way this can work? Matt mentioned to ask about a training date. Can you fit us in so we can be ready for our target date?

Matt has our insurance information, so he's starting on that end... Let us know what we need to do from here. Thanks so very much in advance!
Looking forward to our appointment on the 9th!
June Karpowich

We're ready!!
Peace,
June