Hi my name is Sabrina. I’ve been fighting T1D for about 8 years. The routine of a diabetic child is a little different from an average child. First thing in the morning I awake up and test my blood sugar. I prick my finger with a lancing device, then I place a drop of blood on the test strip which displays my blood sugar. If my blood sugar is high, I can’t have what most kids have for breakfast [waffles and pancakes]. Sometimes, in the middle of the school day my pod goes bad. I need to go to the nurse’s office to change it. That’s when either my Mom or Grandma come to my school to change it. This means I miss a lot of school work. So I try to catch up but it’s hard. As a result of low blood sugars I feel tired, dizzy, and a little distracted. When I have high sugars, I get stomachaches and headaches. I’m a very sporty girl. I love to play soccer and basketball. Sometimes, my illness gets in the way. During a game, if I have a low sugar, I have to come out of the game. That really stinks. At night when I am ready to eat dinner, I have to test again to get the number of carbs for what I am eating. I have to figure out how much insulin I need for that amount of carbs. Then before I go to bed I have to test again to see what my sugar is. It is very dangerous to have a low blood sugar in the middle of the night when everybody is sleeping, including me. So I have to test before I go to bed to make sure I’m okay. Having diabetes is a huge challenge that I’m fighting every day.

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