In almost every way Katie Wolf is a typical 9 year old girl. But in her short life Katie has has 9,534 pricks to check her blood sugar, 6,056 shots, 416 insulin pump set changes and has had an insulin pump attached to her body for 832 days. Katie has had blood drawn every 3 months.
You see Katie has lived with juvenile diabetes for over 4 years. Katie's dad, Kevin, has lived with juvenile diabetes for 27 years (over 2/3 of his life). Juvenile or Type 1 diabetes is insulin dependant. It is becoming more prevalent than Type 2 diabetes which can often be "fixed" with careful diet and exercise. Type 1 will never be "fixed" without a medical breakthrough/cure which requires substantial and continued financial support. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund International is the best hope of finding a cure for this frightening disease for Katie, her Dad, and millions more.
On October 2, 2010, Katie will join fellow "Divabetics" to "Walk to Cure Diabetes" in Ontario, California. To support her courageous effort, click on the Title of this post which will connect you with her fund-raising page. Good luck, Katie!
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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