Health

Justin saw an endocrinologist here the other day. His health is good and we're glad to have him at Vandy for his diabetes treatment. On the down side, we've been told all along that our children aren't likely to become diabetic because of Justin's age at onset. Evidently in the recent research they have done here, they have not found that to be the case. So we're ramping up the girls' vitamin D intake and we'll do the same for Nate as soon as he can take chewable vitamins too.

We are also going to be sure to get them more sun exposure. I know most people are constantly slathering sunscreen on their kiddos, but after talking to endorcynoligists, we've opted against this. We were concerned about the chemicals in sunscreen already, but when we found out that this relatively new continuous use of sunscreen is being implicated in the rise in type I diabetes, it further solidified our choice. Not to say we never use sunscreen, but we don't if we're not going to be outside for long enough to get a burn.

We switched health insurance with Justin's new job. We had a high deductible plan and we were excited to change to a more traditional plan, since he was diagnosed with diabetes right after we began our insurance last January--at least we got good use of our plan. We really felt like we'd made the wrong decision... Now we're seeing the co-pays on his meds and yikes! I think the high deductible plan will actually save us money.

It will run nearly $2000 a quarter for his meds, lancets, needles, and test strips! Of course we'll reach the out of pocket maximum during the second order. Now to decide if we stick with this plan (and it's higher rate) so we have better coverage for the rest of us, since it turns out it is not going to make a difference for him!