The names jumped out at me; Grace, Kylie, Samantha, Callan, Shelby, and so many more. Stories of kids. Heartbreaking stories. There seems to be an ongoing dilemma in the diagnosis of diabetes. Or should I say ‘missed’ diabetes. A while ago I asked if people would be willing to share their stories. Stories of kids who […]
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A Message from Diabetes Dad
I have always stated that I am an open book. I write what I feel. I want to reiterate how excited I am about the news from the DRI. I think the promise is there and it is a real approach. I also do not run from anything I say and I want to address […]
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The Link is Live
As I stated, I would post as soon as I knew the site was live and you can click here and see the news of which I spoke about yesterday. As I stated, there is more work to do but this, to me, is clearly the biggest step that I have seen in my twenty years […]
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Don’t you love kids? I was thinking today how I remember when Kaitlyn was younger that her only goal was ‘to get back out there’ and be a kid. It was always like, ‘hurry–hurry–they’re waiting for me”…diabetes was a side note to her life. I always wish, as parents, we could make diabetes a ‘side […]
A new bicycle. A new doll. A new school. A new car. Something new. How much we all like when we receive something we want. Gift wrapped perhaps. A UPS delivery perhaps. We received something new this week. Something ordered. Something to look forward to…….right? Kaitlyn’s new Dexcom arrived. Make no mistake about it; it is a […]