# Thanks @Eric, Young Jedi Master, Shocked Parents

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845>\
**Category:** T1 Teen/College\
**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845 "2017-12-13T03:48:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845/1 "2017-12-13T03:48:34Z")

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So, the day is moving along normally, and my kids get home from school. My T1 owns up to the fact that he didn’t have a Dexcom working and forgot to bring his meter to school. What should he do; Call his dad who is 15 minutes away, use the one in the office for just this case, or decide to be a young Jedi Master?

Well, from my title you can tell which direction he went. While not what I or I am sure his doctors would recommend, he took control, gave himself 5 small doses of insulin when he felt high, treated two lows, dosed and ate lunch, and walked in the door at 4 pm with a bg of 89.

Not how the plan was drawn up, but his Jedi training pulled him through. Children…[palm smacks forehead]

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845/2 "2017-12-13T04:01:13Z")

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## Dang, that is awesome!

I am glad to hear that the lost art of using The Force is still alive in some parts of the galaxy.

_The Last Jedi_ is opening this weekend, but Cody may well be _The Next Jedi_!

Well played Cody!

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/b/b4b108306077c8f32d3fe00e19addfcf0e1c30bd.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845/3 "2017-12-13T06:56:30Z")

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Good for him. I think functioning without a meter and / or cgm should be absolutely mandatory training, until a level of proficiency is reached (and then refreshed regularly), for absolutely every T1

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845/4 "2017-12-13T10:02:15Z")

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@Chris, what a GREAT story, this is truly awesome!

Of course, as a father I am worried too. Last summer we lost our CGM while kayak camping on Lake Superior, then one of our backup meters, and had only one left. I was considering if we would have to do a very long kayak trip straight back to shore and weighing the possibility of asking my son to go Jedi…

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845/5 "2017-12-13T10:03:27Z")

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I am hesitant about telling my son about this thread or hiding it from him btw:-)