Jordan has been one of the first people in this area to want to be on an insulin pump so quickly after diagnosis and actually have it happen. She wanted the pump, I wanted the sensor (which will come tomorrow), the doctors and clinicians felt she was ready, and the people at Medtronic were ready to send us a pump. After going through "pump" school, she was ready for the installation. March 3rd was her day. A little more than two hours of information, help programming the pump, filling the reservior, and finally inserting the infusion set into her abdomen, she was on an insulin pump. This means no more insulin injections, freedom to sleep in on the weekends (before she needed to have an insulin injection between the hours of 6-8:00 a.m.), regular pizza, anything she wants for a snack (before the pump she could only have a snack with 15-20 carbs), and no need to carry an insulin pen with her. She now can live like a normal teenager. 
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