Monday, February 13, 2012

Children with Diabetes at Disney World

Children with diabetes are different from other children. As I write this I am surrounded by thousands of these children. They are different, it seems to me, by being more responsible than other groups of children that I have known.Why? I think there are several reasons. They seem more responsible be...
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BadShoe Bennet
8/ 7/07 9:23pm

I think you understated our response.  I distinctly remember someone calling for pitchforks, torches and other angry mob implements, it may have been me. LOL.

 

Thanks for noticing how great these kids are. As T1 parents our goal has to be  independence. We can help them shoulder this big burden for a time but we have to help them make it theirs.

 

Tool that assume that someone else, a parent, a doctor, someone else, anyone else is going to be responsible for the T1 misses the point. These kids are T1 24/7/365

hopefully for 80+ years. 

 

Thanks for your review of FFL. I blogged about the same near angry mob at:

http://ydmv.blogspot.com/2007/07/of-independence-and-angry-mobs-when-in.html

 

 

8/ 9/07 6:58pm
Dear BadShoe,

You said it well on your blog! And I would certainly rather be accused of understating the facts than overstating them!

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