Comments on: Day Fourteen - Sixteenth Camp Blog Entry

By: Melodi Henry

Melodi Henry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:54:29 +0000

Just a quick note: two nights ago my daughter said, “Mom, I think I WILL go back to camp next year.” I smiled and said, “That’s awesome. I’m really glad to hear that.”

I KNEW it. She just needed some time to quick thinking about what she saw as the “negatives” and just to remember the positives. I’m glad I know her well enough to have just waited it out. It didn’t take as long as I expected!

By: Paulla Cornett

Paulla Cornett — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:27:58 +0000

Camp without a doubt made a huge impact on our daughter! She went from being the only kid at school and having no close friends with D to making lots of friends and seeing 211 kids just like her wow what an impact!
She talked none stop from the time we picked her up until we finally made her go to bed and she cried when she had to leave her new friends at camp that night.

She is already planning and looking forward to next year!! This also was her first year at camp and really the only complaint I had was that her BG log was not filled out completely only part of Thursday was filled and none on Friday but other than that I had no complaints. She said she did great and we as her parents needed that break to catch our breath and get re-charged. Thank you so much for that and for doing the camp! I also am following you on twitter so please keep that going and look forward to reading more!

So yes camp made a huge difference for all of US!!!

By: Melodi Henry

Melodi Henry — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:01:44 +0000

Yes, diabetes camp made a huge difference for my child! Actually, when you ask her about it, she says she didn’t like camp. I know her well enough to know that there were just a few aspects of camp that she didn’t like, therefore, she says she didn’t like camp. I know, though, that the girl I saw when I sat at the awards ceremony was having a blast. This was her first time to go, so she was homesick - and she said all the girls in her cabin cried at some point. She is also a very picky eater, so the meals were an issue for her, which I expected. One of the things she talked about a lot was that on the last day of camp, they ate breakfast and then had to lie down on their beds for 3 hours afterward. That was “torture” according to her.

Despite all of that, she saw a lot of girls using alternative pump sites, like their arms and bottoms, that she has been incredibly reluctant to try. I was thankful for that influence.

She has talked about the things she loved at camp and that is what we focus on.

Honestly, the main difference it has made in her life is the new energy and focus that it gave ME as her mom. Through all the various methods of communication you made available during and after camp, I learned a great deal and have decided to hang a sign in the kitchen with a new diabetes tip about once or twice a week. I now have a much clearer picture of how much I need to be involved in her care, yet not so much that I’m the diabetes police. I had backed off too much recently.

I continue to follow your twitter and have been successfully dealing with a high blood sugar issue the last two days, brought on by illness. Her diabetes doctor is currently at a conference, but I was able to troubleshoot the issues and get her back into range today.

Camp definitely made a huge difference.