{"id":9184,"date":"2024-09-16T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/mountainwest\/?p=9184"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:44:37","slug":"meet-the-breakthrough-t1d-walk-colorado-family-team-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/rockymountain\/2024\/09\/16\/meet-the-breakthrough-t1d-walk-colorado-family-team-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Breakthrough T1D Walk Colorado Family Team Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new role in town for this year&#8217;s Breakthrough T1D Walk Colorado: <strong>Family Team Champion<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s meet the team in charge of this new role: the <strong>Racz Family <\/strong>of <strong>Team Lizzie Strong<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Team Captain and T1D Mom, <strong>Sarah<\/strong>, remembers the summer the type 1 diabetes (T1D) journey of her oldest child and Breakthrough T1D Youth Ambassador, <strong>Lizzie<\/strong>, began.<\/p>\n<h4>Lizzie&#8217;s Diagnosis Story<\/h4>\n<p>They were living in Maryland at the time and it was a particularly hot summer. Lizzie, who was just 3 years old, was drinking a lot of water, which lead to new nighttime bed-wetting accidents. Sarah thought, &#8220;Of course she&#8217;s having accidents given how much water she is drinking!&#8221; When the accidents didn&#8217;t get better, she took Lizzie to the pediatrician, who ran a urine culture, but unfortunately, their doctor misread the results and sent them home, saying there was nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah&#8217;s &#8220;mom instinct,&#8221; as she calls it, kicked in. They went back to the pediatrician after the bed-wetting accidents kept getting worse. The doctor checked Lizzie&#8217;s blood sugar and the number was 436.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like the floor dropped out from underneath me,&#8221; Sarah recalled. &#8220;Like so many families that live everyday with T1D, that appointment with her pediatrician is burned into my memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They headed straight to the ER and Lizzie was hospitalized, where she received a 3-day crash course in all things T1D.<\/p>\n<p>Lizzie received a Bag of Hope at her first appointment with an endocrinologist, and the Racz Family got involved with their local chapter of Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF). Their first Walk Day was in Baltimore in April 2018 (nine months post-diagnosis) and Sarah remembers how powerful the event was, sharing that she cried &#8220;being around an entire community who understood what we were going through.&#8221; Being a part of this event gave Sarah a sense of control and power over a diagnosis that &#8220;often makes me feel powerless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lizzie shared that her favorite part about Walk has always been that everyone is there to work toward the same goal: a cure for T1D. She loves that everyone is constantly looking out for everyone else: &#8220;whenever an alarm goes off, everyone is asking &#8216;Are you beeping?&#8217; and checking their pumps and phones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve been a part of a Walk every year since then, including virtual Walks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their team, Team Lizzie Strong, has raised a total of <strong>$79,918<\/strong> for Breakthrough T1D in the 7 years since Lizzie&#8217;s diagnosis, all thanks to the amazing generosity of their family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Walk Day is the Racz Family&#8217;s favorite Breakthrough T1D-sponsored event! Sarah loves &#8220;the sense of community and purpose that is in the air&#8221; on event day. T1D Dad <strong>Mike<\/strong> loves that Walk Day &#8220;brings out a community from all walks of life focused on a singular purpose.&#8221; Even Lizzie&#8217;s younger twin siblings love going to Walk Day to support their sister, on top of &#8220;helping Lizzie when she needs snacks and telling Mom when her alarms are beeping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which is why, as Lizzie entered her 7th year with T1D at the age of 10, the Racz Family became this year&#8217;s <strong>Family Team Champions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"TextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\">&#8220;We <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\">are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\"> so excited to be invited to be the Family Team Champions this year<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\">!<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\"> Breakthrough T1D has been such <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\">an important part of our lives and in Lizzie\u2019s T1D journey. We feel fortunate to be able to count this organization as part of our village and support system. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW114979317 BCX2\">We have met some absolutely incredible people through Breakthrough T1D, and so taking on this new role is a way for us to honor how important this organization has been to our family.&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114979317 BCX2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h4>Breakthrough Moments for the Racz Family<\/h4>\n<p>We asked Sarah and Lizzie to tell us more about what their breakthrough moments with T1D have been in the years since diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>For Lizzie, it&#8217;s when she went to an American Diabetes Association (ADA) sleepaway camp for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/rockymountain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2024\/09\/Lizzie-at-T1D-camp-2024-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/mountainwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/09\/Lizzie-at-T1D-camp-2024-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"TextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\">I changed my pump by myself for the first <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW170311637 BCX2\">time, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\"> I counted all my carbs on my own. It helped me see that I can manage my T1D all by myself, which was important to me and my family because they are watching me grow and become more independent. My family help<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\"> me with every step in my T1D, but <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\">it\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170311637 BCX2\"> good to know that I can do it myself too.<\/span><\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With a background in research herself, Sarah is excited about the research advancements Breakthrough T1D has funded and continues to fund.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I<span class=\"TextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\"> have been really excited about all the new technological advances for people living with T1D.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\">Lizzie\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\"> pump has gone through a number of updates and changes in just the 4 short years that she has had it, and the speed of that progress is really remarkable.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\">It\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\"> a powerful tool in how we manage Lizzie\u2019s T1D and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\">I\u2019m<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220888098 BCX2\"> so thankful for all the technology that is available to us.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As an engineer, Mike is also excited about research advancements, sharing that he&#8217;s &#8220;constantly amazed at the miniaturization of the technology enabling our kids to conquer the world without limits. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW245965103 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245965103 BCX2\">While we all hope for a cure, seeing the advancements in CGM and pump technology of the last five years and knowing how that improved <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245965103 BCX2\">Lizzie\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245965103 BCX2\"> A1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245965103 BCX2\">C<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245965103 BCX2\"> numbers and Time in Range makes me very hopeful for the next couple of years.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We also asked Sarah and Lizzie what advice they&#8217;d give to others, people who might not know what&#8217;s out there for them until they experience something like Walk Day.<\/p>\n<p>Lizzie&#8217;s advice to other kids struggling with T1D? &#8220;It is hard, but it will get easier. Just keep calm and ask your parents for advice and support. Talk to your doctor or other people who have lived with T1D for longer than you \u2013 don\u2019t hesitate to ask them questions. The struggle will not go on forever, because as you learn, you will get stronger. The entire T1D community is powerful and we are all supporting each other to find a cure, even if we don\u2019t know each other, we are all fighting for the same thing. Hopefully one day, that fight will be over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sarah&#8217;s advice to parents who may not know how to help their kids with T1D? &#8220;<span class=\"TextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">It <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">sounds<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\"> clich\u00e9, but it does get better. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">Be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW171629801 BCX2\">patient, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\"> listen to your child living with T1D. We walk this journey with them, but they are the ones living with it every day. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">Find your village and the type of support that you need and that works for you. People want to help, but sometimes <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">it\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\"> hard to even know what to ask, or what you need help with. Even if <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">it\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\"> just having someone come over, so you can sit outside and breathe for a bit, or to have someone sit next to you while you vent or cry or whatever you need, reach out. Most imp<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">ortant, be sure to take care of yourself. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">Being a c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">aregiv<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">er for someone<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\"> with T1D is not a science, and often there is no logic in it \u2013 give yourself grace and know that you are doing <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">a great job<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171629801 BCX2\">!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Getting Ready for Walk Day<\/h4>\n<p>As Family Team Champions, the Racz Family is here to support <strong>you<\/strong>, too!<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s Lizzie&#8217;s #1 fundraising tip for other kids? &#8220;<span class=\"TextRun SCXW187884763 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187884763 BCX2\">Ask a lot of family members and friends. Even small donations mean a lot and add up quickly! <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187884763 BCX2\">Don\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187884763 BCX2\"> be afraid to share your story \u2013 people who care about you will love you and want to help.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s Sarah&#8217;s #1 fundraising tip for families? &#8220;L<span class=\"TextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\">ean on your <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW156115519 BCX2\">network, and<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\">think outside the box<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\">!<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\"> Share your story and broadcast the call for fundraising widely. I <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\">always <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156115519 BCX2\">post our fundraiser on Facebook and ask our family to reach out to their friends and colleagues. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156115519 BCX2\">We have been so grateful to have received a number of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156115519 BCX2\">generous donations from <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW156115519 BCX2\">people in this extended network.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Racz Family is ready to say hi, connect, share stories, laugh, and vent with you!<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to join Team Lizzie Strong in the fight to end T1D? 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