Crazy couple of months...

In my earlier post, I tried to recall the events of Faith's initial diagnoses. It is very hard to recall everything in detail as so many events happened so fast. Literally, it was a jump from a diagnoses in the hospital, then tons of doctors coming in the speak to us.  We had so much literature thrown at us that Jason and I were overwhelmed. Next was to learn how to administer her insulin, how to count carbs based on her set amount of carb points. This was to know how many units of insulin per meal.  On the last day we were enrolling in the diabetes education classes and setting up her appointments.
I cried more the first two weeks than I have cried in my life.  My first reaction was "what did I do wrong?" Although I know that sounds irrational, I as a mom felt helpless, scared, and simply did not know what to think of feel.  I later found that neither Jason or I have any family history of Type 1.  In addition, we were told that they believe that children get exposed to a virus that attacks the pancreas, thus causing the pancreas to stop functioning. 
The last couple of months have been crazy.  Her diagnoses came during the end of my semester of school.  While trying to finish my semester, we began to attend the diabetes educational classes.  I learned more in one class then we learned in our 5 day stay at the hospital.  Sadly, everything the nurses taught us turned out to wrong!  We still have one more class to attend and we are done.
Now our days consist of constant glucose monitoring, at least 4-5 times daily.  We then have to count carbs for each meal and she receives at least 4 insulin shots daily.  Packing to go anywhere has been a huge adjustment for us.  We carry everything, everywhere we go! It is a backpack full of lancets, accu-check monitor, insulin pens, emergency pen, glucose tablets for lows, test strips, needles ect... I am sure there is more, I just cannot think of it all.
Faith amazes me each day with her strength.  She has a good grasp on what her life will be like living with diabetes.  We are all slowly adapting to this life-change and we are making it a family change.  We have adopted a diabetes diet, which will be healthy for all of us.