Walk to Cure Diabetes

On September 21, 2005 I was told my daughter has type 1 diabetes. I was also told she will have to take multiple injections of insulin for the rest of her life. I cannot tell you how that feels; the fear, the frustration and the guilt!

Diabetes is so common that many people don't realize how devastating it can be. Here are some numbers for you, they are all approximates:

5110 - the number of injections she had to take the first four years of her diagnosis
243 - the number of site changes she's done since getting her insulin pump two years ago
10,950 - the number of fiinger pokes she has taken over the past six years

These numbers do not account for additional highs and lows. The numbers are much greater but I have no way of tracking the actual numbers. These are best case scenario numbers, if there were no sick days and no dangerously high and low numbers.

Wouldn't it be great if there were a cure for DJ and the thousands of children like her, living with type 1 diabetes? We are so close to a cure and I truly believe it will happen in DJ's lifetime.

If you would like to help find a cure for diabetes you can begin by joining us for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. You can help by walking with us and raising funds yourself or by donating. Anything helps, even $5, $10, $20. Anything.

You can go to http://www2.jdrf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=walk_homepage to register or to donate. Our team name is "The Move"; I am the team captain. If you would like to donate you can donate to DJ Thompson or Rose Browning. I will be posting more information as time goes by. The date is October 2, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

Thank you all for your love and support.