Pacifiers and Insulin

Some nights are just harder…. Thursday night was site change night.  For those that don’t know how the pump works I will briefly explain a bit: There is a cartridge that is filled with insulin.  This is inserted into the pump.  A small tube leading from the cartridge/pump is then connected to a part of Cole’s body (we mainly use his thighs).  This is inserted using an infusion set.  Infusion sets have removable introducer needle that comes out once the flexible tube is left under his skin.  This tube is how Cole gets his insulin.  It is stuck on his leg with an adhesive and needs to be replaced about every 3 days (sometimes more often if the insulin doesn’t appear to be working as well or if the adhesive is coming off).  This is what we call Cole’s site.  So anyway, site change nights are not fun.  Cole is now almost 2 ½ years old.  He’s expressing his feelings a lot better now which is great in most ways but not when it comes to site changes.  It takes 2 people to do a si