{"id":15532,"date":"2025-11-12T19:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/?post_type=jdrf_event&p=15532"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:24:12","slug":"thompson","status":"publish","type":"jdrf_event","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/events\/thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund A Cure with the Thompson Family | Breakthrough T1D DC Metro\/MD Gala 2025"},"author":1216,"featured_media":13599,"template":"","event-categories":[1061],"class_list":["post-15532","jdrf_event","type-jdrf_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jdrf_event_category-other"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFund A Cure with the Thompson Family | Breakthrough T1D DC Metro\/MD Gala 2025 - Greater DC Metro Chapter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/events\/thompson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fund A Cure with the Thompson Family | Breakthrough T1D DC Metro\/MD Gala 2025 - Greater DC Metro Chapter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet the Thompson Family: Christi, Robbie, Beckett, Emme, & Charlie A little over 5 years ago, at the beginning of a two week long spring break from school, Beckett Thompson, then just 4 years old, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D). It was a life-changing diagnosis for the entire family as Beckett's parents, Christi and Robbie, got a crash course in managing T1D while attempting to keep things as normal as possible for their family.\u00a0 Outside of the obvious challenges around learning how to count carbs and give insulin doses, resuming normal life for Beckett proved difficult. Now 9 years old, Beckett, Christi, and Robbie have the support of family, Beckett's friends (and their parents), teachers, school nurses, and the Breakthrough T1D community. 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