We had a great experience flying to Portland. As you can tell from the picture, Ollie was thoroughly amazed. (You can also see hubby's T1D tattoo on his wrist in the 2nd pic).Only kidding, he did enjoy it. He and Doug sat together for the first leg and played games and watched the inflight movie. Emi slept beside me. (These pics were taken 2nd leg- LAX to PDX). We switched kids on the next flight and that's when Ollie fell asleep... Beside me! I must have that effect. (In my defense, they had woken up at 5am, way earlier than usual!) We had no issues with his T1D supplies. The TSA agent at Dulles didn't even bat an eye. The only problem we had was the ice pack didn't stay cold as long as we needed for his new/extra meds and they got warm :/ On the way home, I forgot to tell them what the bag was/had in it, and not one word was said. Seriously, we had more issues with the kids car seats than we did his supplies. Anyway, we did touristy things in Oregon- (Tillamook Cheese Factory)
hung out at the beach house with family and friends
Had a bonfire,
Moral of the story: don't fear flying or traveling!! We took more supplies than we ever needed, but felt better about traveling. We were prepared with a letter from the Endo but didn't need it. Oh, his sugars were so wacky, (I think due to time change/meal difference) but we just went with the flow. Next time I will come up with a better solution for new, unopened meds.
We had an amazing time! I wish Andrea and April the most amazing life together :) thanks for sharing your special day with us!!
