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December 2nd, 2008
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(This post is from mid-August - I'll post the updates over the remainder of the week.)


Most parents I know, who have a child with diabetes, worry about any of their other kids getting a diabetes diagnosis. Most will check blood sugars on their other kids on a semi-regular basis. I know I've done it.


The last few days have filled me with concern, though. Olivia has an older brother and two younger sisters. Over the last three or four days, Boo, the nearly-three-year-old, has woken up soaked in pee. I'm talking, peed thru a diaper with a pull-up over it, drenched from armpits to knees, sheets, blankets and pillows soaking wet. Immediately, my first thought was diabetes. I checked her blood sugar two days ago and she was 68, which seems on the low side, actually.
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Kerri Morrone
Kerri Morrone, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was six years old, doesn't let diabetes define her. It just helps explain some things.
Creator of the diabetes blog Six Until Me and an editor for dLife, Kerri is an awareness advocate and an active member of the diabetes community. She'd also like a kitten. (Read More)


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Julia
Julia lives behind the Tofu Curtain, in the Pioneer Valley, in Western Massachusetts. It's a nice place. She likes it there. Her eldest daughter, Olivia, has type 1 diabetes. She's also 13. It's a real toss-up as to which is more difficult -- the diabetes or the teen-age drama. (Read More)

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