#WeAreNotWaiting
This post is going to be about Sriram getting started with Loop, the open source Artificial Pancreas System(APS). This might be a longer post as I want to touch upon a range of topics here. We were introduced to the concept of insulin pump on the day of Sriram's diagnosis. We heard more about it in the following weeks. Initially, every meal ended being a struggle as Sriram hates shots. Well, who likes shots anyway. He was ready to skip meals as he didn't want the shot. He was willing to do as many bike rides as possible in our neighborhood in order to bring down the blood sugar. During our second month visit Sriram's endocrinologist suggested that we should get an insulin pump as he wasn't putting on any weight. She suggested we should attend the insulin pumps class at Stanford in order to learn more about pumping and about the various options we have. In the meantime, I saw an Omnipod add on Facebook. Omnipod is a tubeless insulin pump and it seems