My daughter and I went to the Bay Area Diabetes Summit last week and I found this really great bag.

I really like to to carry all the essentials in my own bag. She is getting old enough to carry her own, but there is always that day when she doesn’t. I get mad at her, which I shouldn’t. So I just need to carry a back up. The company is a working on possibly making it slightly bigger for the Glucagon and also making a mesh on the outside so it can carry a Frio, also something I bought there.

Here is a link to the company, it’s a small family owned business.

Out of Sight Cases

and the Frio:

Frio

Here are some links to the organizations that sponsored the event:

Diabetes Youth Families

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

CarbDM

American Diabetes Association

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I found a website Emergency Storage Pros that give a really nice overview of a diabetes emergency preparedness kit. I just wish they sold that cool kit in the picture!

Well my kit is finally done. I started it mid September. Here the first two posts: Diabetes Preparedness Kit and Emergency Kit Update.

Here again is the picture of my kit:

Since my last post, I added batteries for the pump and blood glucose meter. I also added some fast acting sugar and a couple of granola bars.

I also decided I would add the following documents:

• our family medical cards
• emergency contact numbers
• her summary of settings for her pump
• a prescription for her medications
• phone numbers to our pharmacies and pump supply company
• our medic alert information
• notes on managing her diabetes without her pump
• God forbid, but if I am not around, there is a explanation on how to take care of her.

As far as where to store the kit…..it needs to be in an accessible place. I think for now it will remain in our hall closet. I may move it to the garage. There is no insulin in the kit because of the temperature issue. I have extra insulin in our garage in the second fridge. So, if we had an emergency and I could get to the garage it would be better for everything to be together. If we couldn’t get to the garage, I would need to have stored insulin in different locations.

That is my next project: to take insulin and supplies to my mother’s house and maybe even a friend’s. I don’t think I’ll  make a kit like the one in this post but a smaller box, maybe a shoe box, with needed supplies to get us through 1-2 days.

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