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November 30, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 30
“Diabetes is just one aspect of a child with type 1. Of course take care of their medical needs, but try to make them feel like a kid first and foremost.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 29, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 29
“Though you want your child to eventually self-manage their diabetes, take back over care if it becomes too much for them or they need a break. They have their entire life with diabetes ahead of them.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 28
“Begin transitioning self-care by teaching them age appropriate tasks such as checking their own blood sugars, counting carbs, or giving insulin.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 27, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 27
“When a child’s blood sugar is low it’s difficult for them to think. During a low blood sugar, the brain literally doesn’t have the fuel it needs to function properly.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 26, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 26
“When a child’s blood sugar is high or low, they may also have extreme emotions such as crying easily and being short-tempered.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 25, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 25
“Adults can develop type 1 diabetes too, but are sometimes misdiagnosed as having type 2. A term you may not have heard is LADA: latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 24, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 24
“People with type 1 diabetes do not make their own insulin and must get it via injection or insulin pump. They would die without it.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 23, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 23
“A common misconception is that when children become adults, their type 1 diabetes will become type 2 diabetes.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 22, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 22
“Ketones don’t only develop with high blood sugars, they can also develop with lows, such as with the stomach flu. Check ketones anytime a child vomits.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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November 21, 2017
Diabetes Awareness Month: Day 21
“Illnesses that keep most children home from school for a day can send kids with diabetes to the hospital. The stomach flu can quickly become an emergency situation.”
Every day during Diabetes Awareness Month, I will share a fact, tip, or thought on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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