Grateful for Technology

The longer Zachary has diabetes, the more grateful I am for the wisdom God has given to those men and women who have done and are doing research to improve the quality of life for diabetics. We are also so appreciative for such great doctors who are so knowledgeable and yet so personal in their care for Zachary. For almost a week now, Zachary has been "trialing" a continuous glucose monitor. It's been a fun new toy for us all. :) Zachary wears a transmitter in his upper arm (inserted with a needle and kept in place with a plastic cannula).

The transmitter then wirelessly communicates to this receiver Zach's approximate sugar level (somewhat variable since it's not a true "blood" sugar level). The receiver can also indicate to us whether his sugar level is increasing or decreasing.

Zachary wears the receiver in this little pouch. He's done great with it. We will have to return it at the end of the week. We are going to pursue the option of Zachary getting one for himself, although not sure if it's going to be feasible or not. But overall we are just grateful for technology and for the wisdom God has given to those people studying diabetes. Zachary already is benefiting from their work. We thank God for them!