What happens when your child experiences a hypoglycemic reaction? I have written before the importance of being prepared by having ‘practice runs’ and not waiting for the actual incident to know what to do. Know where everything is and utilize expired glucagon to actually mix it and be ready. What you also need to know […]
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I am fairly sure that all of us, as parents, are well aware that we will become pretty stupid at around age 13 of our child’s life; and will stay that way until 20-ish-something. It’s a rule we all understand and accept……we were no different. At some point they begin to realize that we are not […]
I admit it, I am a hugger. If you’re a friend……you get a handshake and a hug. I also can tell you exactly when it started. Well not the date, but the incident. I was in my twenties. Growing up in my house was pretty formal. Addressing adults or those in the medical profession was […]
It is my sincerest hope that this gorgeous, and beautiful face, will change the world that she will never see. This is Reegan. In 2013, at the age of 16 months, Reegan lost her battle on a diagnosis that was never known. By time that diagnosis was discovered, the damage was done and eventually Reegan […]
How bad do you have it…….really? The next time you feel like the world is collapsing around you, you have two choices. Get it…..or it gets you. There have been millions of families who have dealt with a diagnosis of diabetes and their kids play hockey, climb mountains, excel in school, become class officers, help […]
Did you ever ask yourself why others seem to have the doctor from diabetes’ heaven and others leaves you scratching your head? In my years, I have never been able to figure why there are such differences out there, but there are. But it is not always just about the doctor. What I do know. […]