Islets of Hope events for persons with diabetes
|
Islets of Hope events for persons with diabetes |
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||
|
The Gatewood Family JDRF Walk for the Cure, Irvine, CA - 09/21/06 |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
The Gatewood family walked with Alyssa's Angels on October 22, 2006 in Irvine, CA and raised over $700! Hello Friends and family! As most of you know Alyssa was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 09/16/2006 -- just three weeks before her 3rd birthday. It is NOT something she will outgrow or go away. She will deal with this her enitire life. This has been a very emotional time for us. She gets 4 shots a day of insulin and we check her blood sugars 5 or more times a day depending on how she looks and feels. Alyssa seems to be just so brave with it all. It is a contstant battle of highs and lows. Its not just no sugar. At the moment she is on a strict diet. She eats at specific times and can have so much. I can't express the heartache everytime I have to prick her finger or give her her shot. I worry at night when she sleeps that she go low. So I check her blood sugar in the middle of the night as well. This year, our family took part in JDRF's Walk to Cure Diabetes, along with one-half million other walkers across the country. Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating disease that affects millions of people -- a large and growing percentage of them children. There is some good news, though. For the first time, scientists are predicting that we CAN expect to see a cure well within our lifetime! Now, more than ever, you can make a crucial difference. Won't you please give to JDRF as generously as possible? Together, we can make the cure a reality! Cindi |
||||||||
|
| Contact Us | About IOH | Our Mission | Elizabeth's Story | About the Founder | Join IOH | How To Help | Advertise | Privacy Statement | Site Index | Page Updated 10/23/2006 |
||||
