Just When You Think They Might Get It...

So if you read my blog you know that Cara and her first year of J.K. has not had the smoothies start. First the nurse that we scheduled to be there for BG checks before Cara gets on the bus to go home never showed the first day. Second the meeting that we had scheduled to educate the teachers and principal of the school about Type 1 was canceled because people were not correctly informed of it. Third when rescheduled only Cara's teacher was there at the meeting. No one from the office including the principal (the one who scheduled the meeting) was there nor was the gym teacher who we specifically asked to attend . At this meeting I went over the fact that I send Cara to school every day with a Carb snack, because if I don't her BG drops too fast and too low from a safe number that the nurse does not treat to a very dangerous number that NEEDS to be treated by the time she gets off the bus. So I would rather have her running a little bit high then too low on the bus. So I specifically told the teacher first if there is ever a special snack like cupcakes for a birthday to take off all the icing and to write me a note to let me know that she has eaten something like that and of course if you have any questions please call me. Second you MUST NOT give her the carb snack that I have packed if she is going to eat a special snack. That would be WAY to many carbs for Cara to have at snack time (like I said I'm already running her high) A few weeks later and the teachers and the school seems to be doing a great job with Cara. But on this day she got off the bus and I grabbed her back pack and read her meter 20.3. OK she is high and as we all know there are many different reasons for that. Then we get in the house make lunch and take her BG she is 23.0. Hmmm I asked Cara if she had any thing special at school to eat she says no. I grabbed her back pack to see if there was a note informing me of any special treats, no note. I looked at Cara again and I noticed that she is wearing a pair of pajama pants. Cara I said why are you wearing a pair of pajama's pants? She tells me that for snack she had her yogurt (which I packed) and spilled some on her pants so she needed to change and she also got to have a yummy cupcake. WHAT I immediately called the school and ask to speak to her teacher. I said I was just wondering if Cara had anything extra today for snack? Oh yes she said a parent brought in some cupcakes so I took the icing off and gave her a cupcake. Well I said I just wanted to make sure that you understand that I need that written down because Cara does not always remember to tell me what she ate in the day. Yes she said I spoke to your husband he was at the school bringing Connors project in and told him that cupcakes were being brought in today. He told me to swap the yogurt (and her voice started to slow) for the cupcake. Yes I said and she had her yogurt too! I told her 1 month earlier the nurse told her 2 weeks earlier and my husband told her that morning not to give her two snacks and she can't remember? So I politely explained to her what exactly happens to Cara's blood and the changes that her body goes through and why it is not good or healthy to have high blood sugar. Her responds to that information was yeah but she spilt most of her yogurt on her leg any ways and isn't low blood sugar more dangerous. OMG!! my jaw dropped...you just don't get it and you never will. Thank God that she spilt most of her yogurt on her pants....the angels are always watching :)