Finding a cure....

I am so excited about this. Brad and I have talked in the past about getting more involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but we just weren't able to make it work.

In about a month, we will be taking part in JDRF's Walk to Cure Diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is a devastating disease that affects millions of people. B was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was only 18 months old. The disease is something that affects our life (more of his life than mine) every day. From finger pricking, carb counting and insulin injecting, Type 1 really controls every hour of every day of your life.

This cause is very special to us. We would love your support in our upcoming walk. We aren't asking to break the bank - even $5 helps us to reach our goal (one latte from Starbucks!). Here is a link to our fundraising page:

Brad and Jess Walk to Cure Diabetes.

Before I met B, I really knew nothing about the disease, let alone what it is like to live with it. I found this really interesting "Diabetes Simulator" on the JDRF website that does a pretty good job of explaining a day in the life of a diabetic...here is just a short clip:
Your 24-hour Schedule with Juvenile Diabetes

Time/Action
7:00 a.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 269)
Eat Breakfast (Calculate carbohydrate grams)
Insulin administered (Amount determined by # of carbs and anticipated activity)

9:30 a.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 60)
Have juice to bring blood Glucose up.

11:51 a.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 106)
Eat Lunch (Calculate carbohydrates)
Insulin administered (Amount determined by # of carbs and anticipated activity)

3:05 p.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 167)

6:10 p.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 109)

6:45 p.m. Insulin administered (Amount determined by # of carbs consumed)
Eat Dinner (Calculate carbohydrates)

7:45 p.m. Blood Glucose Check.
Insulin administered (Amount determined by # of carbs consumed)
Eat Dinner (Calculate carbohydrates)

9:00 p.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 56)
Have juice to bring Blood Glucose up. Have snack whether hungry or not.
Check Blood Glucose again in 15 minutes.

9:15 p.m. Blood Glucose Check (Reading: 70)
Coming up, but not high enough yet. Check again in 15 minutes.


Here is a silly picture just for fun..I felt like this blog post needed a cheerful ending.