Diabetes

  • Diabetes,  Type 1 Diabetes

    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…

  • Bible Verses to Comfort,  Diabetes

    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…