Color Coded Insulin

If you use several different types of insulin like we do, it can be easy to accidentally grab the wrong vial, and in some cases that could be deadly.

After 7 1/2 years of Type 1 Diabetes, we recently made our first "dosed the wrong insulin!!" mistake.  We're human and it's bound to happen. We monitored him diligently, treated to correct it, and it really wasn't too bad.  But after that, I decided to spend about 20 minutes on a craft project to help us visually see the insulin were picking up more clearly.  Especially when you're doing a 2am correction half asleep. 😴

I may end up redoing this, but for now I like it.  Three of the four colors match the colors on insulin box for consistency-sake.

I just used some basic office supplies and the boxes the insulin came in.

Here's to hoping we make AT LEAST another 7+ years before we do this again!