The first person I met with type 1 diabetes was my almost two year old son. It was Monday December 22, 2008 at 5:30pm. I had lived 29 years of my life without (knowingly) meeting anyone else with the disease. His diagnosis came before we…
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In an effort to bring more awareness to the price gouging of insulin in the United States I contacted our local news station, WOOD TV 8. When I initially contacted them we only had two children with diabetes and we were planning to order insulin…
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For a child that had a blood sugar in the 700’s a week ago it might seem like 62 is good, but for a diabetic this is dangerous. Each of my kids with diabetes show different symptoms of a low blood sugar and because this…
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1923 When Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923 he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit off a discovery to save lives. The patent was sold to the University of Toronto for $1. Today,…
Read moreMany of you have reached out to us to encourage us and assure us you are praying. THANK YOU! It feels selfish to post this but would you mind if I share some specific ways you could pray? (Someone asked me for specific things today…
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Years ago I attended a retreat where the speaker encouraged us to document (photo) the hard things so that we can look back later and praise God for what He brought us through. I took this photo last night through my tears as Brady sobbed…
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