Sunday, September 14, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Diabetes Walk This Sunday
Our JDRF diabetes walk is this Sunday, 9-14-08. Please help us out! Donate here: http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87034247
Monday, September 1, 2008
School and Diabetes and 3 Day Weekends and Other Family Stuff
I love 3 day weekends! School tomorrow...I have mixed feelings on this. Allow me to explain...of course I will miss the little nippers on my Mondays off, but it'll be nice to have the house to myself. It's a drag that I have to go to the school to check Aaron's blood sugar and give him his insulin, but we still would rather do this than to trust someone at the school with this task. Aaron and Emily will have different lunch periods, would have been nice to have them at the same time. We got good news the other day, Emily has the same teacher that Aaron had for 1st grade, whom we loved! It's so nice when your kids get a teacher that you like.
Matt seems to have settled in at Ferris, and Jessie is taking classes at Macomb Community College. She still has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but that's O.K., at least she is preparing for the future.
Oh, did I mention that I love 3 day weekends?
Matt seems to have settled in at Ferris, and Jessie is taking classes at Macomb Community College. She still has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but that's O.K., at least she is preparing for the future.
Oh, did I mention that I love 3 day weekends?
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Walk to Cure Diabetes 2008
We can't believe that a whole year has passed since we last walked in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. Seems like yesterday!
Once again, we write on behalf of our Son, Aaron, who has type 1 diabetes. This year we are also walking for Gloria's Father (who goes by the name of Pop ), who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a couple of years ago.
As most of you know, at the age of 11 months, Aaron was diagnosed with juvenile (type 1) diabetes. He is required to check his blood sugar levels by pricking his fingers about 6 times a day. Aaron is on an insulin pump, which replaces injections, but we have to change his infusion sight every 2-3 days, which involves poking him with a long needle. Aaron wears this insulin pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have to count all the carbohydrates that Aaron ingests, and account for them with insulin from his insulin pump. We have to account for the exercise that Aaron does, because blood sugars normally drop when a person is physically active. When he is sick, there is no way to predict how that will affect his blood sugars. In short, Aaron and us have to always think how will this affect my blood sugars? This is something that Aaron will deal with for the rest of his life, unless a cure is found. Worst of all, this disease carries with it the risk of life-threatening complications. At age 9 diabetes is part of Aaron's everyday life. To this point, he has endured 17,520 finger pricks in his young life. But as you probably know, insulin is not a cure for diabetes-it's merely life support.
As parents, we try from the moment our children are born to protect them from harm. For our family, that means doing our part to help find a cure for diabetes by supporting the work of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF's mission is constant-to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Since 1970, JDRF has provided over $1.1 billion to diabetes research-more than any other non-profit, non-governmental agency in the world!
On Sunday, September 14, 2008, we will participate in JDRF's annual Walk to Cure Diabetes . Please help us make a difference for Aaron (and Pop) and the millions of other people living with diabetes. There are 3 ways you can join us in the fight against this disease:
1.Join our Family Team, which consists of family, friends, neighbors and co-workers who collect pledges and walk with us on September 14. To register, visit http://www.jdrf.org/ , then click on the green sneaker. When registering, please be sure to select Pop and Aaron's Aces as your team name from the pull-down menu.
2.Send a tax-deductible donation, made payable to the JDRF, to us.
3.Make an online credit card donation in support of our team. Go to http://www.jdrf.org/, click on the green sneaker, and then donate to our team by searching for Aaron Feuer under the heading Support a Walker .
You can also check out the local JDRF website at jdrfdetroit.org.
Our goal this year is to raise $2000 for diabetes research. Every dollar will help bring us one step closer the the cure. Thank you in advance for your support and we hope to see you at the Walk on September 14, 2008 between 9 and 10 A.M., at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan.
With Thanks,
Gloria and Jeff Feuer and Family
Once again, we write on behalf of our Son, Aaron, who has type 1 diabetes. This year we are also walking for Gloria's Father (who goes by the name of Pop ), who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a couple of years ago.
As most of you know, at the age of 11 months, Aaron was diagnosed with juvenile (type 1) diabetes. He is required to check his blood sugar levels by pricking his fingers about 6 times a day. Aaron is on an insulin pump, which replaces injections, but we have to change his infusion sight every 2-3 days, which involves poking him with a long needle. Aaron wears this insulin pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have to count all the carbohydrates that Aaron ingests, and account for them with insulin from his insulin pump. We have to account for the exercise that Aaron does, because blood sugars normally drop when a person is physically active. When he is sick, there is no way to predict how that will affect his blood sugars. In short, Aaron and us have to always think how will this affect my blood sugars? This is something that Aaron will deal with for the rest of his life, unless a cure is found. Worst of all, this disease carries with it the risk of life-threatening complications. At age 9 diabetes is part of Aaron's everyday life. To this point, he has endured 17,520 finger pricks in his young life. But as you probably know, insulin is not a cure for diabetes-it's merely life support.
As parents, we try from the moment our children are born to protect them from harm. For our family, that means doing our part to help find a cure for diabetes by supporting the work of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF's mission is constant-to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Since 1970, JDRF has provided over $1.1 billion to diabetes research-more than any other non-profit, non-governmental agency in the world!
On Sunday, September 14, 2008, we will participate in JDRF's annual Walk to Cure Diabetes . Please help us make a difference for Aaron (and Pop) and the millions of other people living with diabetes. There are 3 ways you can join us in the fight against this disease:
1.Join our Family Team, which consists of family, friends, neighbors and co-workers who collect pledges and walk with us on September 14. To register, visit http://www.jdrf.org/ , then click on the green sneaker. When registering, please be sure to select Pop and Aaron's Aces as your team name from the pull-down menu.
2.Send a tax-deductible donation, made payable to the JDRF, to us.
3.Make an online credit card donation in support of our team. Go to http://www.jdrf.org/, click on the green sneaker, and then donate to our team by searching for Aaron Feuer under the heading Support a Walker .
You can also check out the local JDRF website at jdrfdetroit.org.
Our goal this year is to raise $2000 for diabetes research. Every dollar will help bring us one step closer the the cure. Thank you in advance for your support and we hope to see you at the Walk on September 14, 2008 between 9 and 10 A.M., at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan.
With Thanks,
Gloria and Jeff Feuer and Family
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Bayer Diabetes Care Partners with Nick Jonas to Encourage Young People to Proactively Manage Their Diabetes
If your son or daughter (or you!) is a fan of Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, this is an interesting story:
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2482906~title_Bayer-Diabetes-Care.html
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2482906~title_Bayer-Diabetes-Care.html
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
This is from the American Diabetes Association newsletter I get, pertaining to the Friends for Life Conference:
American Diabetes Association at Children With Diabetes (CWD) Conference
What began as a vacation for a few families of children with type 1 diabetes is now an annual conference with more than 3,000 attendees from around the world. The 9th Annual Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference in Orlando, Fla., was a major success this year.
American Diabetes Association at Children With Diabetes (CWD) Conference
What began as a vacation for a few families of children with type 1 diabetes is now an annual conference with more than 3,000 attendees from around the world. The 9th Annual Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference in Orlando, Fla., was a major success this year.
"Each year, the team from the American Diabetes Association looks forward to interacting with families with type 1 diabetes face-to-face at this inspiring event. It is one way we introduce them to the many resources the Association has to support children with type 1 diabetes," said Cathy Harvey, Dr.PH, RN, Executive Vice President of Community Programs and Publications at the American Diabetes Association.
The American Diabetes Association's booth showcased Diabetes Camp, Family Resource Network, Planet D, the National Call Center as well as Safe at School Workshops.
Thanks to the Association's volunteers who spent time answering questions and chatting with parents at the booth including: Barbara Anderson, PhD, Larry Deeb, MD, Bill Clarke, MD, Fran Kaufman, MD and Ann Albright, PhD, RD.
First time attendee and American Diabetes Association National Youth Advocate, Tesch West, blogged about her experience at the conference on Planet D.
Getting Type 1 and Type 2 Confused
This is a great article from Australia, nothing irks me more than when someone gets type 1 and type 2 confused. Very different diseases and causes!
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24131336-1702,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24131336-1702,00.html
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friends For Life Conference 2008 Update
Jeff Hitchcock has posted the report on the Friends for Life Conference at the following link:
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/activities/orlando2008/report.htm
(See post below)
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/activities/orlando2008/report.htm
(See post below)
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Short Report on FFL Conference
We had a wonderful time at the Children With Diabetes/Friends for Life Conference in Orlando, Florida, which we just returned from. (See slide shows below). If anyone has a child (or a teen) with diabetes, this is definitely the place to be! The CWD people have this every year, and it's always some place in Florida. Not a bad place to have it. Next year it will be at Disney's Coronado Resort. Even though Aaron has had type 1 diabetes for over 8 years, there is always something to learn. And the People!! Everyone we met was very nice, we made some life-long friends. Everything, and I do mean everything, was top-notch. And we got to go to Universal Studios/Orlando!!! If you want to check it out further, the website is childrenwithdiabetes.com. I'm sure Jeff Hitchcock (the creator and CEO of childrenwithdiabetes.com) will have a full report with pictures on that website within a couple of weeks. If finances are a problem, the website also has info on scholarships and financial help to go next year.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Childen With Diabetes/Friends For Life Conference, 2008
My camera had the wrong dates on some of these!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Final Results of Our 2007 Walk to Cure Diabetes
We finally have the final results of the 2007 Walk to Cure Diabetes. Our final total is $1365!!!! Our thanks again to everyone who walked or contributed this year. Also, we won third place in the t-shirt design contest for the second year in a row! In total, the Warren walk raised $1,009,766! Thank you, one and all.
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