I had bought Tim some tickets to the Vikings/Dolphins game for his birthday, so we headed up to Minneapolis yesterday. In hindsight, I wished I had made hotel reservations for Saturday night, but didn't realize at the time I bought them that there would be a Vikings, Twins and Gophers game all in the same weekend. So no go on the hotel room by the time I decided to try and reserve one.
We got up to Minneapolis and went to the 28th Avenue park and ride station by Mall of America, as we decided to ride the light rail. Despite it being a little crowded (standing room only) it was fun and beat the traffic, price of parking downtown and the argument that probably would have ensued if we had tried to find a lot. Got to the Metrodome around 10:00 or 10:30 am and walked around the fan zone, which was already very crowded, but interesting.
At around 11:00 am we get a little hungry so we go to the food booths and get a couple of bacon cheeseburgers. Its at that time that we realize that we had brought all of Tim's diabetes testing equipment, but not his actual insulin. Yikes. So we proceed to try and find the nearest first aid station or medic to see if they could be of any help. They weren't (basically told us we were on our own), so we decide to wing it, find our seats and watch the game, but keep an eye on his blood sugars.
At halftime, Tim's blood sugars had kept rising, so much so that they weren't reading on his meter anymore. So we tried to walk around the stadium, which didn't go well as everyone was out and about and it was very crowded, so we decided to just come back home. So we left during the 3rd quarter and came back home. All in all, it was a fun event, just cut short a little.
I will try and post more pictures later, as Blogger isn't being cooperative in this manner right now.
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