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NEWSBREAK: REEGAN’S RULE UPDATE–COMMITTEE VOTE–15 YAY–5 NAY—ONWARD!

I JUST HUNG UP WITH LEGISLATIVE GRAHAM’S OFFICE IN NORTH CAROLINA.  The Health Committee of North Carolina voted 15-5 to accept the bill with a few changes.  The law now moves onward. The law bearing Reegan’s Rule’s name states that physicians, physicians assistants, or certified nurse practitioners who provide Well-Child care will be encouraged to inform parents of Type […]

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Today the World Changes…BUT WE MUST ACT BY 2PM EST…PLEASE HELP!

  It is amazing to watch something take shape.  When I started with a “Child’s Cry for Change” it was a concept….an idea.  To gather stories about children who, for whatever reason, had their diagnosis of diabetes missed (usually confused for flu/virus), sent home, and would enter DKA.  The result in many cases was hospitalization; […]

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NOTHING Against The “100” Club….BUT for Your Kids’ Sake Be Careful!

I debated with myself for some time to write about this subject because when something seems like it could be so good, I do not want to dampen anything.  But the more I thought about it, the more I thought that it was a discussion that needs to be had. It’s surely food for thought and surely your thoughts […]

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An Airport Diabetes Disaster….I was Scared….DO They REALLY ‘Got This’?

Good Morning, Dad here. Again.  🙂 I was on my way home yesterday and as I was in the airport I noticed a commotion going on.  As you know, I’m not really a ‘gawker’, and there was surely enough first responders on the scene that any help I might have provided was not needed.  But […]

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Why Does it Still Hurt So Much After SO MANY Years???

September 26th, 1992 was a long time ago.  So was March 20th, 2009.  These dates are burned in my head when the youngest two of our three kids were diagnosed.  You know your dates too.  It wasn’t fair then……and it has not become any fairer over the years….in fact, the complete opposite. I consider myself […]

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A President Shot: A Defining Moment…a D-Mom/D-Dad: When was Yours?

The picture on the left is the day, in fact the moment, that President Reagan was shot in 1981.  The picture on the right was taken by me yesterday.  With the exception of the flowers that have been added, the area outside the hotel is about the same.  If the walls could talk. This spot represents a […]