This is our family's journey dealing with Type 1 Diabetes, previously known as Juvenile Diabetes. Our three year old, Levi, was diagnosed right before Thanksgiving, 2011 at the age of 2.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Whole Foods
I cried today at Whole Foods. I didn't mean for it to happen and I wasn't prepared for it. I had been told that if Levi eats more than 10g of carbs in one sitting, he will need an insulin shot. I don't want to chase him all day giving shots but he'll probably get sick of cheese/salami pretty soon. Yes, I know about nuts etc but I thought Whole Foods will have some good low-carb options. I walked the aisles but there is just so much at that store so I asked for help. First person, no idea. She called an "expert" to help me. He walked me down the chip/pretzel aisle and then said he had no idea if they had anything low carb. He walked me over to the manager and they said "we sell protein bars". I said "I have a 2 year old who is diabetic and I'm looking for any possible low card snacks". He replied "we don't really cater to diabetics". Umm, I wasn't asking you to cater to me. "You should just go to Luckys". Lucky's is our local cheap grocery store. I don't know why but I just started to cry. Why should it be so difficult? Everything is hard. Tomorrow will be two weeks from our diagnosis day and I feel just as bad as I did then.
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