{"id":11069,"date":"2025-05-13T21:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaternymetro\/?p=11069"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:48:18","slug":"11069","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/2025\/05\/13\/11069\/","title":{"rendered":"It Takes a Village: How Community Carried Us Through T1D"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Fran Crocco (left) and Jared Crocco (far right).<\/h6>\n<h4>The Unexpected Beginning<\/h4>\n<p>Jared was diagnosed at age 14\u2014not through a routine doctor&#8217;s visit, but because he wasn&#8217;t feeling well.<\/p>\n<p>He had always been a picky eater, but we noticed he&#8217;d started to become insatiably thirsty. We had no idea where this would lead. An interesting side note: my dad has type 2 diabetes, and Jared was watching him test his blood sugar\u2014a finger prick, test strip, and all. My dad, with his big Italian accent, jokingly asked, &#8220;<em>Do you want me to test you?<\/em>&#8221; Can you imagine if he had? A little foreshadowing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What a daunting day&#8230;Jared rarely complains, so when he wasn&#8217;t feeling well, we took it seriously.<\/p>\n<h4>Finding Our Village<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1299\">Hearing your child receive a diagnosis is overwhelming. Learning it\u2019s a life-threatening, chronic condition is unimaginable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1299\">The doctors and the LIJ diabetic team were amazing. They let us to stay overnight with Jared as we learned how to navigate what would become his new way of living. This is where I would emphasize that Peggy, our Diabetic Educator, along with the diabetic team, including the Melville Outreach Team, and our dear friend and former Senior Community Engagement Manager, Betsy Paffman were life savers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"1957\">Peggy helped Jared feel strong and reminded us we weren\u2019t alone. It made us feel relieved to know that we had a village behind us. At the time, we had no idea just how much the JDRF (now Breakthrough T1D) community would come to mean to us.<\/p>\n<p>It was overwhelming for us to embrace the pen needles, insulin doses, carb counting, finger pricks, and eventually the Omnipod, Dexcom, insurance issues, and medical supplies\u2014all now a part of Jared\u2019s daily life. But Peggy&#8217;s guidance gave us the confidence that we could handle this. More importantly, she made Jared feel like <em>he<\/em> could handle it.<\/p>\n<h4>Our First Walk<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2301\" data-end=\"2468\">The next day, as they prepared to discharge Jared, Peggy handed him a Rufus the Bear and a Bag of Hope, which by the way, I still have \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2470\" data-end=\"2498\">Then she mentioned the Walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2500\" data-end=\"2716\">Jared\u2019s eyes lit up. He turned to me and asked, <em data-start=\"2548\" data-end=\"2571\">\u201cCan we do the Walk?\u201d<\/em> I asked Peggy when it was, and she said it was in three days. Without hesitation, I said, <em data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"2672\">\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/em> And just like that, our Walk journey began.<\/p>\n<p>Our first Walk consisted of 12 people. We had no idea what to expect. But when we arrived and saw the sea of children, parents, grandparents, friends, and volunteers, we were amazed and comforted. We were hooked. The Walk became our way of reclaiming a piece of control in Jared&#8217;s diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never easy to hear that your child\u2019s life will be forever changed by a medical diagnosis\u2014let alone a life threatening one. The idea of your child needing medical supplies to survive is something no parent ever imagines. Meeting Betsy and the T1D community made it a bit easier to understand and helped us see that we weren&#8217;t alone.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly does take a village, and the T1D community is an amazing one filled with love, hope and unwavering support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaternymetro\/2025\/05\/13\/11069\/team-jared4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11076 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/longislandny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/liwestchesterfairfieldny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2025\/05\/Team-Jared4-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each year, the Walk gives us the opportunity to reconnect with family, friends, and the T1D community. We\u2019re now in our 15th year walking for Breakthrough T1D! Our favorite part? Reuniting with old friends and walking together, rain or shine, for a cure.<\/p>\n<p>Jared is now a responsible, hardworking, kind, and considerate young man. He is now married and works in the hospitality industry. T1D is part of Jared, but it doesn\u2019t define him.<\/p>\n<h4>Our Message to You<\/h4>\n<p>Our message is simple, YOU GOT THIS!<\/p>\n<p>And our hope\u2014with our collective prayers, strength and love\u2014is that one day, T1D will just be a memory, no longer a lingering challenge.<\/p>\n<h5>\u2014Written By Jared&#8217;s mom, Fran Crocco.<\/h5>\n<h6><em> Support Jared and all those living with or loving someone with T1D by registering for a<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.breakthrought1d.org\/site\/SPageServer?pagename=walk_homepage\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www2.breakthrought1d.org\/site\/SPageServer?pagename=walk_homepage\">\u00a0Breakthrough T1D Walk near you.<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fran Crocco (left) and Jared Crocco (far right). The Unexpected Beginning Jared was diagnosed at age 14\u2014not through a routine doctor&#8217;s visit, but because he wasn&#8217;t feeling well. 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