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Jen's doing OK, she was sick over the weekend but has recovered quickly. Her arm has healed well after the surgery to install the fistula, and they removed the staples Sunday.
I am currently working with her doctor to get an insulin pump installed. Normally they require the subject to be out-patient status but with her condition he feels that she should be viewed as an exception. With the pump installed her blood sugars will remain steady and episodes of low blood sugar will be forewarned by an alarm.
The next step will probably to have her transferred to UCSF for review and possible surgery to install the gastic pacer device.
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My Dad is something of an insulin pump expert, and frequently reminds me how he ends up teaching the folks at Kaiser about it since those devices are rare in the Kaiser system and most RNs & MDs have little real-world experience with them.
Email me any details or questions and I'll ask my Dad's opinion, since it MAY be worth more than Kaiser's.
Woot, sounds like movement in the right direction.
The pump they are looking at is the Medtronic MiniMed:
http://www.minimed.com/
The diabetic 'specialist' at Kaiser Walnut Creek has one herself which is good, but any additional information about anything else is helpful.
Finally! Yay! J and I can be twins when I get mine (hopefully in a couple of months).
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