I knew it had been awhile since I posted, but October???? Wow! Shame on me! Goodbye to 2017 and hello 2018 I guess.
December really isn't our month it seems. While we did have a fantastic Endo appointment with a 6.9% A1C and a negative test for celiac disease, we lost my step-grandmother on the 27th. Besides myself, I'm pretty sure Grandma Fern was Trey's biggest fan. She was over 80 years old, but loved playing hockey in the hallways of the nursing home with him. She even got her very own stick last year for Christmas. She bragged to every nurse, cook, dietician, maintenance man, stranger that she saw, about her little hockey star Great Grandkid. She had a shadow box made with his photo and the words "Hockey Star #44" on it and that is where she hung up her stick and kept her puck he gave her. She will be missed, but now she gets to watch him play for the rest of his career.
2018 is starting out sort of rocky. Trey has been running higher than normal so we've done some adjustments to his insulin ratios and basal rates. It's a never ending deal, but I'm thankful that I have the confidence and the knowledge to make these adjustments for him. Right now he is averaging 166 and of course I hope to get that back down to the 150's before our appointment in March. January 4th was the first day back at school after Christmas break and Trey was complaining of a tummy ache. I shrugged it off as him not wanting to be at school but at noon, both the nurse and teacher said he wasn't faking it so he came home. Blood sugar was in the 170's but I checked his ketones anyway and it came back as him having a large amount. Naturally I felt bad for not believing him something was wrong. He didn't fail to rub it in my face "I TOLD YOU MY TUMMY HURT!" Mom fail! I used some Doterra oils on him, cranked up his insulin and by the next morning he was good as new. Not sure was was brewing but it didn't hit full force, thankfully.
We got word last week that 'our' Trey Bagwell was traded to the Amarillo Bulls NAHL hockey team. Tough pill to swallow for sure. There have been some tears shed (admittedly mostly by me) but we have to trust that his job here in Aberdeen was done and someone in Amarillo needed him more than we did now. Without getting too sappy, I'm forever grateful for him and his family, and he will live in our hearts forever. Trey hasn't really said much about it, but we did add him to Snapchat so Trey has been sending Bags some snaps and when he read the one that said, "I miss you guys" Trey made a sad face. I don't think it will fully sink in until this weekend when we are at the Odde and there isn't Bagwell anywhere to be found. I can tell you we will be keeping close tabs on the Bulls now! Best of luck, Bags.
Trey was featured in the Aberdeen Newspaper in December for his T1D. Well, it was more because of his social media accounts, but whatever. It's 'out there' about his T1D and I hope it inspired another little T1D to not let the disease stop him/her. God's using Trey and our family and I will do what I can to help raise awareness. Some people call it "attention seeking" and that's fine ~ those people don't matter to me ~ I call it advocating.
As I close, I want to ask you for some extra prayers for our racing buddy, Frank Heckenast Jr. At the end of last year he hit the wall hard with his race car, casing some damage to his neck. He received word yesterday that he is not cleared to race yet and if he takes another hit like that, it would do permanent damage. He's really bummed as the racing season starts up soon, so healing prayers for him are appreciated. He and his crew are like family to us.
Here's to 2018 .... Happy New Year!
