This is the Pump we want to get Kailyn

Pump. It is a Minimed Paradigm Real Time insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system. This would make our lives SO much easier and make things safer for Kailyn. She has been waking up low every other day and this system would alarm us during the night if she is low so that we could correct it. The lowest she has woken up was in the 40's, but typically it is 50's-60's.(We should be at least 80)It would tell us automatically when she is low througout the day and all we would have to do is put her carb amounts in and it would inject insulin into her. No needles. She would have to do one finger prick a day (opposed to the 10-12 we are doing now) to get a baseline to make sure that they are both getting similar levels.

The only hitch is that it is brand new as of last year and a lot of insurance companies are not covering it. Our Endocrinologist handed me the packet at our last visit (even though we were not there to see him, we passed him in the hall and I mentioned something about a pump) and I just had a chance to go through it. He said that some insurance companies are fighting it especially if you are able to control your levels. Well, Kailyn is not controlled, so we fit that bill, but sometimes they don't cover the continuous monitoring because the technology is new and not enough studies have come out proving that having it controls levels better. It costs $1,000 more on top of the insulin pump (which costs $7,000) and then $350 a month after the first three months for the continuous glucose monitioring.

I am so hopeful that our insurance company will cover it. I can't see how they could deny it (well I can because they do stuff like that all the time) because it sounds like it is so much safer and studies have recently found that people are better able to control their levels with one.(which will reduce complications later on) Here is the latest study that just came out.(one of the first) STUDY It found that having one is beneficial and improves diabetics ability to control glucose levels in the age groups of 25 and over and only slight changes in the 8-15 year old group. The study did not take into effect severe to moderate hypoglycemic events, however, which we have almost every day. Only 10% of the people being studied had this problem. This should help in the fight with insurance companies a little bit. I have not found any information on the net about our particular plan, but will keep looking. I will also update you all about our appointment with the Endo on Tuesday. It should be interesting.