Meet our T1D Champion, Colin Westby-Gibson! Colin was diagnosed with T1D at 4 years old. Read Colin’s story below!<\/p>\n
“I was diagnosed with T1D around my 4th birthday, 6 years ago. Before my diagnosis I remember needing to drink a TON of water and crying for water because I was SO thirsty. I spent 2 nights in the hospital with my mom and dad. Having an IV in my arm was not fun. I also did not like getting shots. Some fun stuff about being in the hospital was that I got to drive a mini electric car down the hallway. My mom and dad took turns following me around with the IV cart. I also liked all of the toys, blankets and fun stuff I got from people who donated. It made me feel better.<\/p>\n
What Colin Does in Spare Time – Having diabetes has helped me stay healthy and strong for sports and other activities. I love to play all types of sports like Football, Soccer, Basketball and GagaBall where I always want to be the best and win, but my favorite activity is NINJA WARRIOR. I have been on the team at Ninja Nation Huntersville for a year, where I am known as T1D Ninja. When I was at the 2023 Worlds Championship in Austin TX, the announcer while I was on a super difficult obstacle (which I completed!!) talked about my diabetes while I was running. He said even with having type 1 diabetes I didn\u2019t give up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Meet our T1D Champion, Colin Westby-Gibson! Colin was diagnosed with T1D at 4 years old. Read Colin’s story below! “I was diagnosed with T1D around my 4th birthday, 6 years ago. Before my diagnosis I remember needing to drink a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1317,"featured_media":9825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"publish_on_app_meta":"True","iawp_total_views":18,"footnotes":"","bt1d_storytelling_post":false,"bt1d_storytelling_more_posts":[]},"topics":[41],"class_list":["post-9824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jdrf_topic-national-diabetes-awareness-month"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n