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Diabetes Acrostic Poem #ThisIsTypeOne

Daily nagging, daily worry, daily doses done by Injection. The only way to manage it. And even though you have a whole community behind you, it is overwhelming as the only way to Beat it is a pancreas transplant. However, you know that sometimes Even the best fall down sometimes. But, its okay, because in Time you will be able to manage it, and live your new normal, everyday life. You are Exceptional for having the courage to go through this. You are Strong, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

How can you help? Number 1 (quick and easy!!)

As you know, the holiday season is coming up, but not everyone has the chance to experience it. As a matter of fact, there are some kids in the hospital where this might be there last Christmas. To make it best as possible, Make A Wish and Macy's have partnered up. When you go to macys.com/believe (I will leave a link below) and write a letter or email to Santa, Macy's will donate a dollar to the Make A Wish foundation up to a million dollars. Wouldn't that be awesome? Tap on the link below to get started! Write A Letter To Santa and A Dollar Will Be Donated!

Happy World Soil Day!

Happy World Soil Day! Yup, that's right. World Soil Day is a day to celebrate everything dirty, and your excuse to jump in that mud puddle. Even though this day is mostly not known about, many animals love it. For example, worms. The little creatures that are responsible for fertilizing your garden live and thrive in dirt. So, what are you going to do this World Soil Day?

Diabetes: My Story #ThisIsTypeOne

It was the summer of 2018, not too long ago in fact. I am 12, and normally like to go running, since recently joining my school's training club. However, after my 5k, I started to lounge around (more) and always be falling asleep whenever and wherever which was a problem. My mom took me to see the GI doctor at Cinncinati Children's who did some blood work. All the tests they ran ended up fine, but my blood sugar wasn't. The funny thing though, I was more worried about the finger prick than the blood draw! Neither hurt, however. My bg was 400 and something, way over where it should be (70-120). We were slightly alarmed, but decided to retest it a few days later just in case it was a mistake. It wasn't, in fact, it came back higher! That night, I was going out of town with my grandparents. I felt terrible the whole time, but did not let it stop me from having fun! But, when I got back a day later, it was too much. That night I went to bed like normal, but in the morning I