A Life Without Sweets

Throughout the day the doctor came, and went in and out of Pinkie's room. He even gave her lunch, and dinner. At one point she asked the question that had been bugging her all day.

"If you're a doctor why's your cutie mark an hour glass?" she asked. "It means that I deal with lifelong diseases." answerd Doctor Whooves. Before she even realized it it was already nighttime.

"Goodnight Pinkie. I'll be right outside." Dash said. "Night Dashie." Pinkie said, as Dash walked out. Tears ran down her face as she let them out. She'd been able to keep them in in front of Pinkie, but now she was alone.

"I'm so sorry Pinkie." she whispered as she laid on one of the benches in the lobby. The doctor had, thankfully, provided her with a pillow, and a blanket. She had thought she'd never get to sleep, but she was asleep almost instantly.

Her sleep was restless though. By the time morning came, she felt like she hadn't slept at all. The doctor said that Pinkie was still sleeping, but gave her some breakfast. As she was eating, Twilight came in.

"Rainbow Dash. What are you doing here?" she asked. Then she noticed what was on the bench. "You didn't sleep here did you?" she asked. "Yeah." Dash said. "You should have told me. I would have stayed too." said Twilight.

"Pinkie is awake now, so you can-" the doctor cut off, coming from Pinkie's room, when he saw Twilight. "Oh Miss Sparkle. I didn't know you were here. You two can go see Pinkie if you like." he told them.

"Thank you doctor." Twilight said, as they walked into Pinkie's room. Pinkie was sitting up in her bed, eating breakfast. She seemed to be a little more energetic than last time they saw her, but she was still different than the usual Pinkie.

"Hey girls." said Pinkie. "Hey Pinkie. Are you feeling alright?" asked Twilight. "Yeah. I'm feeling a lot better now." Pinkie said. "Well that's good." said Twilight. "Yup. The doctor said that if my blood sugar level goes down a bit more I'll be able to leave." said Pinkie

"Well that's great to hear." Twilight said. "Yeah, but he wants to keep me her at least until after lunch." Pinkie told her. "That's to be expected." said Twilight. They sat there, and chatted for a while longer, until Twilight got up, and said, "I better be going now. I have alot of stuff to do."

"Alright, bye Twilight." Pinkie said to her as she left. After that it seemed as though hours had passed by, when there was the sound of a door bursting open, and a voice coming from the lobby. "Where is she?" it demanded.

There were much quieter voices, and then the door opened gently. "Pinkie?" asked a familiar voice. "Mrs. Cake!" exclaimed Pinkie. "Hey Pinkie." she said, walking in. "Where's Mr. Cake?" asked Pinkie. "He's running Sugarcube Corner right now, but I think he's more worried about you right now, than I am." Mrs. Cake told her.

"Are you alright?" she asked Pinkie. Pinkie gave her a smile to show she was okay. Just then the doctor came in. "It's about time for lunch." he said, setting a plate to the side of Pinkie.

"You two should eat too." he said, handing Dash, and Mrs. Cake a plate. "Thank you." they both said. After they all ate, he took their plates, and left, coming back in not to much later.

He went to his drawer, and pulled out a needle. "It's time for your insulin shot." he said, putting some in it. Pinkie nodded, and the doctor grabbed her leg. Pinkie winced as the needle slid in her, but to her credit she stayed still this time.

"There, all done." he said, taking the needle out. "Poor dear." said Mrs. Cake. "Alright, she can leave now, but I'll have to explain what she has to do." said the doctor.

Turning to Pinkie he started to explain what she would have to do now on a daily basis. "First off this is a blood test." he said, picking up a small machine. "You'll need to use this to get a drop of blood, like so." he said, as he pressed another device against Pinkie's foreleg, and pressed the button.

"Ow!" she said, pulling back. On her leg, there was a small drop of blood. "You have to put a small sample of blood on this paper." he said, pressing a small strip of paper onto the droplet of blood.

"Then you insert it into here, and you'll get a blood sugar reading." he said, inserting the small strip of paper into the test. "See. 147. That's normal, because you just had a meal. Normal values when you haven't eaten are 70-130, and when you have they are less than 180." he explained.

He continued, "You'll have to do this when you wake up, before meals, before you go to bed, and whenever you feel it necessary. If your blood sugar is below normal you should eat something that has about 15 carbohydrates. If it's higher, then you may need some more insulin."

"You should never skip a meal, and make sure that the carbohydrates in them are 30-45, because that's normal. You'll also need to learn how much insulin to take each day." he said.

He then explained to Pinkie how to tell how much insulin she might need every day. "You get all that?" he asked her when he was done. "Yes." she said. "Good, and one more thing. No more sweets." he said.

"N-No more sweets?" echoed Pinkie. "No sweets." he said sternly. "O-Okay." said Pinkie. His voice softened as he spoke again, "It's for your own good. Every now and then you can have a small sugar free sweet though."

"I-I understand." said Pinkie. "Good. Here, you're her guardian, so you should take this." he said, handing a box to Mrs. Cake. "What's this?" she asked. "It's everything she'll need. Blood tests, a logbook to record what she eats, and her insulin." he told her.

"Thank you. I'll make sure she's taken care of." she said. "I want her to come back in 2 days, so I can monitor how well she's doing." he told her. "will do." said Mrs. Cake. Turning to Pinkie he said, "You are now free to go Miss Pie."

She smiled, and slid out of bed, only to find she couldn't stand straight. "Here, lean on me." said the doctor. She did so, and they walked over to the others. "I'll take her from here." said Mrs. Cake.

"Do-Do you think I can come too?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Why of course dear." said Mrs. Cake. Rainbow Dash got on Pinkie's other side, wrapping a wing around her, and they started their long trek back to Sugarcube Corner.