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Dads????? NO EXCUSES! Are you Involved with Your Child’s Diabetes?????

There are some exceptions but it truly does seem that when it comes to diabetes management of our children…….where are the dads? I read a post recently that a mom was anxious and excited as she was planning a trip and had a year to train her husband……..Seriously? Is that the truth?  Moms, do you […]

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A Short ‘Must See’ Video You Will Love

She’s gorgeous. She’s smart. She’s sassy. She’s sexy. Her video is brilliant. Her brilliance is brilliant. Just enjoy Ginger Vieira.  Click the link below.  And share this everywhere….BRILLIANT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rba_mgXMZhI I am a diabetes dad. Please visit my Diabetes Dad FB Page and hit ‘like’.

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Nothing Stronger….a Proud Night!

I sat back on my chair at the restaurant.  It was a celebration.  It was the graduation from high school for our youngest, Rob.  A magical day and night. Families wish for what I was in the middle of experienceing, it is surely my hope that their wish gets granted.  As in the Jimmy Stewart […]

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No More 504 Plans

I bet you really wish you could say that, don’t you? Imagine a life with no more 504 plans. (for those who are not aware, a 504 plan is a plan created in cooperation with the public school systems in the United States ensuring that our kids with diabetes are ‘looked-after’ in the appropriate manner—a very simplistic definition […]

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That is a Diabetes Dad; an NBA Champion

Plain and  simple….Ray Allen is a diabetes dad. Plain and simple Ray Allen scored a three pointer to put last game to over time. Plain and simple Ray Allen is on the NBA Champions’ Miami Heat. Plain and simple, the Diabetes Research Institute is proud to have them involved with us and congratulates Ray on […]

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93,936 Hours….To Be Ready at ANY Given Moment. The Expired Glucagon Dry Run!

Every hour that ‘ticks’ by each and every day; we have to be ready to grab the emergency glucagon.   When this one expired, Jill left it for me, which means she took the last one, and used it ‘to practice’.  Practice. She has written the note numerous times since September 26th, 1992.  We sort of have […]