You Tube Tuesday #116

I need this. Or I should say, I needed this when I was a kid. I could never make anything cool with one of these.

Enjoy.

My Latest Obsession

An iPhone.

This year I was blessed enough to receive a bonus from my job. I was surprised since business has been a little slow but we got one anyway and I am very thankful. I knew that we had bills to catch up on but I just had to treat myself.

I HAD to have an iPhone.

Why you ask? Well, if any of you ever get the pleasure of meeting Cherise, be prepared. She will sell you on one of these things in minutes. AND after I saw the exchange between her and Scott with their iPhones and all the cool stuff they could do, I had to get one. Had. To.

So as soon as that bonus hit the bank my butt was headed to the Apple store. I got a 16 gig white 3G iPhone and I love it.

I have several apps but still have more to go. My obsession has been Light Bike which is a game that plays like the Light Cycles from Tron. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?!

I am checking emails, tweeting (if you are not on Twitter you should join up, it’s a blast), updating my Facebook status, and listening to music all on one device that fits neatly into my pocket.

Anyhow, I know this has nothing to do with diabetes except to say that there are some diabetes apps out there that I have yet to check out. Maybe after I get tired of Light Bike. Like that will happen.

If you know of any awesome apps PLEASE let me know. I must know. I want to be uber cool like all of you with your iPhone and your…..coolness. J

Moving On

A while back I told you all about my attempt to get a CGMS from Minimed to work with my 722 pump named “Master P.”

I have sent in all the info, was told that my insurance will cover 100%, but that my medical group was dragging its feet approving it.

I guess my thought was that my insurance company would be the one to put the brakes on it but it’s my medical group that is causing the speed bumps. If someone can explain that to me I would love to know because it seems strange. Anyhow, I have emailed and called my “representative” from Minimed several times and she has told me, “I’m working on it and I’ll email you the end of this week.”

I have read that line in my inbox four different times and have never heard a thing.

So, I am done with Minimed. Did I give up too early? Oh well. They gave up on me so forget them.

I got in touch with a representative from Dexcom who right out of the gate got back to me with all the info needed. In a few days I was told the same thing that Minimed told me after having to drag it out of them. The customer service so far has been awesome and after reading what so many have to say, especially Bernard, I was a little concerned about the Minimed system.

Now I am waiting on Dexcom but I am a patient guy, I mean, I am as long as I am not ignored. I do not do well with that as you can tell.

Keep your fingers crossed and I’ll keep you updated on any progress.

From Blue to Pink

I won’t spend a lot of time asking for forgiveness for not posting. Whenever I hide away for a while and come back saying what an idiot I am, you all tell me, “don’t worry about it” and “it’s cool” so knowing what awesome readers I have I will say, thank you for supporting me even when I am being a whiny little brat that crawls away to hide for a spell. I love you heaps.

This post is going to be all about the greatest thing that has happened to my family in years.

Mya.

My niece was born on Tuesday April 7th (shout out if that’s your birthday too) and is just the sweetest little thing. Mya is the 5th grandchild blessing the Simmons family and is bringing joy to all who see her.

See? Told you. She’s a cutie.

Anyhow, the day she was born was delightful of course but it did not begin that way. In fact, I do not remember the last time I was as scared as I was the moment she arrived.

My wife, kids, brother in law, & best friend were all standing outside the doors to the labor and deliver area of the hospital. My sister had spent the night in labor, slowly progressing but as many of you know, it was a rough night. My older sister was in the room with the soon to be mom and dad helping them out. My sister's Mother in law and Sister in law (the soon to be new grandma and auntie) were literally outside the door to the room listening to what was going on inside and reporting back to us every few minutes since we knew it would be any moment.

“She just had the baby! I heard someone shout, ‘we have the girl’!” Barb, the new grandma, busted through the double doors and shouted out to us the good news. I immediately pulled out my cell phone to call my mother back in New Mexico and let her know her 5th grandchild was born. I hung up my phone quickly when I heard an announcement over the loud speaker.

“CODE BLUE. LABOR AND DELIVERY. DOOR THREE”

We all looked at each other wondering what that meant since I knew my sisters room was Room 3. No sooner did the shock hit our faces that we started seeing and hearing people running down the hall. Doors were opening and staff was running down the hall towards my sisters room. We opened the double doors to see if in fact they were going to my sisters room when we were met by Barb with her hand over her mouth.

“I don’t know what happened but everyone is running into Jennifer’s room. I don’t know what happened.” We didn’t make eye contact so as to not share what we were thinking. No answers were coming from the nurses and staff that were still running past us. An endless flood of help but why? What happened?

In my head I could hear my mother wailing as I had to call and tell her that something awful had happened. I felt sick to my stomach and weak in the knees. My wife later told me she feared I was going to have a heart attack because of the look on my face.

“CODE BLUE NOW CODE PINK” A new announcement.

Paul’s sister, the new aunt, came around the corner and said that Code Pink meant the baby. “Blue is for mom and pink means the baby.”

A vision of my sister in tears came to me and I began to well up like I am right now remembering those feelings. It was awful.

“CODE PINK ALL CLEAR”

No 4 words have brought me such relief. We all felt the tons of weight immediately lifted and I think for the first time in several minutes took in a breath. The sign we made was so loud it probably shook the walls and I know I began to cry immediately for every reason you can imagine but mostly, thankfulness.

To sum it all up, the code should not have been called. A nurse made a mistake and apparently the doctor that was in the room was not happy at all when 50 people came running into the room. We just figured Mya wanted to let the entire hospital know that she was here and they should all come and welcome her.

When I finally saw her for the first time I was so thankful that she was here, that her and her mom were okay, and that I had a sweet iPhone to snap a quick picture with that cute little hospital beanie that I always love.

Welcome to the family Mya!

You Tube Tuesday #115

First let me apologize for not having a You Tube Tuesday clip for you last week. 

I am truly sorry.

And I am sorry for not posting. Life has been busy and I have not made the time to post. I am working on getting my act in gear but I have lots to tell you about so stay tuned please.

This weeks clip is another amazing kid. I could never be this good at anything. Accept sleeping, I am good at that. 

Enjoy!