I seriously considered having the theme of this blog be about a family who has a child with diabetes. I decided that although there will certainly be plenty of posts about that I didn't want it to define who we are. Even though I could put something about it every day, I will resist. I want to focus on the good and virtuous, and by good in the case of diabetes I mean the learning that takes place on many levels and by virtuous I mean the patience and grace with which my son deals with this challenge every day. For the second night in a row I will be checking Taylor's blood every couple of hours. He has had two days of being extremely high--most of the time. He had several lows this morning. In April he started using an insulin pump. It is supposed to make his life easier. And in many ways it does. He doesn't have to give himself four or more shots every day and he/I don't have to do as many calculations each day, b...