Cool Finds from the Children With Diabetes Conference

The Global Diabetes Handprint project, supported by OneTouch, encouraged attendees to write the one word that described what diabetes meant to them. Once I determined my word, I then wrote it on my hand and had my hand photographed by a OneTouch representative and the picture was uploaded online with a collage of other pictures. For my contribution, OneTouch donated $5 towards the diabetes charity of my choosing (OneTouch had two pre-selected). My word? Overcome.

Lastly, my sweetest find was the stumbling upon the SweetLeaf booth, which was displaying liquid stevia. This no calorie, no carb sweetener also has a zero-glycemic index, and comes in fourteen different flavors ranging from hazelnut to root beer. The free samples of this stuff saved my sanity later in the evening as a I trekked back and forth and back and forth the nearly three-fourths of a mile between the convention center and my room (which I measured with the pedometer given by CWD) in order to find a wifi connection in order to post this. Parched and cranky from the miles of walking I had done with little luck finding an easy-to-access connection, I sweetened myself up with several glasses of the iced water flavored with berry liquid stevia.

If you're reading this, I have been successful in finding and making my wifi connection in the Magic Kingdom. Let's hope my luck holds out on Thursday when I head to the conference's education programming.