Today at work a co-worker told me that I got a package from UPS. I wasn't expecting anything and thought it was a mistake, and probably something for work. My name gets on packages sometimes. I finally noticed that it said Lifescan on it somewhere, so I opened it up. It was a whole kit from the Children With Diabetes web site. A backpack containing a blank quilt square, some fabric markers, booklets about pumping (Animas of course), a DVD ("I Have Diabetes Too" or something like that) and a coupon to fill out for a free UltraSmart or Ultra2.
I was excited to get the coupon, although sending the actual meter would have been better. I do have 2 UltraSmarts but both of them have problems where the screen blanks out after the 5 second countdown. Sometimes it takes several seconds for the display to come back up with the test result. The results seem fine, but I'm worried that one day both displays will fade out completely.
The backpack is nice, not really small/child sized at all. I had other stuff to bring home tonight so left it at work. I wanted to look at the Animas info, too.
I still have a long wait before I'm even eligible for a new pump but when the time comes I definitely want to check out Animas. Hopefully by then there will be an Ultra meter that communicates directly with the pump.
