tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848103821197284265.post9113333574161315357..comments2024-03-23T12:27:52.489-04:00Comments on Cookies, Crayons, Classes, & Chaos: Juvenile Diabetes - resources for the newly diagnosedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848103821197284265.post-15970134913242965872009-12-07T10:05:23.694-05:002009-12-07T10:05:23.694-05:00Sending thoughts and prayers to your nephew and hi...Sending thoughts and prayers to your nephew and his family. My nephew was also diagnosed at age 6, so I know how it shakes up the family to have so young a child get a diagnosis like that. The family adjustment takes time, but my nephew is now about to turn 13. He's a happy, healthy kid with an insulin pump that lets him lead a pretty normal life. I think he got the pump when he was about 9. He was a spokes-kid (formerly known as "poster child") for JDRF for a while, which was not a bad gig -- he got to go to things like sports events and get backstage passes and stuff. Fun!<br /><br />That said, in another sense my nephew is heading into the "danger zone" -- the age where he is needing to become more and more responsible for his own diabetes management, combined with the teenager's sense of invincibility. It's a little scary, but so far, so good. <br /><br />Wishing peace and strength to your brother and SIL as they make the adjustment and to your nephew as he deals with all the new routines and pokes. :o(<br /><br />Stephanie Charlotnaturalmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.com