Diabetes
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Your Daughter has Type 1 Diabetes
Your daughter has Type 1 diabetes is not what any parent wants to hear. Why do you ask? Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic condition where the pancreas no longer produces insulin. A type 1 diabetic must give insulin a minimum of four times a day and must calculate every carb that he/she eats. Type 1 diabetes is not curable. T1D was foreign to us a year ago. It all started with extreme thirst. I don’t recall how long Amelia had extreme thirst and tiredness but we think it was maybe a month or two. I remember shrugging it off thinking her thirst and tiredness were related to our busy…
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Amelia’s Type 1 Diabetes Motto
I decided to start something new this year by sharing fifty-two Bible verses, one per week, from some of my friends and family. I hope to share the verse, who submitted it, and why the verse is special to the person. This is also a way to make me commit to blogging at least once per week in 2021. To start the year off, I want to share the Bible verse we adapted for Amelia’s Type 1 Diabetes Motto. This diagnosis came out of nowhere (story to follow in a future blog) and we had to learn to adjust to a whole new life. I researched Bible verses and made…