My Diabetes Christmas List

Today is Black Friday so I may be a little late to the game in writing my Christmas list because the best deals were probably scored by 5am this morning!  Oh how I wish the things on MY list were included in the mega sales today!  I’d be the first crazy one sleeping in a tent outside of the pharmacy if the discounts applied to prescriptions!  Anyway…here it is, my diabetes Christmas list:

• Insulin…not a cure, but absolutely a life-saver for my girl!
• Test strips…we go through 10-15+ of these every day.  At $1 each, it’d be nice to have a few extra boxes under the Christmas tree!
• Insulin pump reservoirs and infusion sets…why doesn’t Medtronic have Black Friday sales?
• A fun new pump pouch from Too Sweet Boutique!  We LOVE her handmade pump pouches and can never decide which beautiful design we like best!  (check out her website here!)
• Tegaderm tape…helps us keep those infusion sets in place on our busy 7-year-old!
• American Girl insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor…because if they have headgear for doll braces (do people still use headgear?), why not represent all the strong girls with type 1 diabetes by making t1d gear for their dolls?!
• Blood Ketone Strips…we don’t use these a ton, but even after our insurance they cost about $10 each.  Each!
• Buckets, baskets, truckloads of extra supplies so we could pay it forward!  There are people losing their fight against t1d simply because they don’t have access to the supplies they need.
• A cure.  Is that too big for Santa?  Probably.  But we’ve been asking a Higher Power for a cure for two and a half years, and I know He can deliver in His perfect timing.

Ok t1d family, what would you add to my list?

Also…I know I said today is Black Friday, but around here every Friday is a blue Friday.