Today is World Diabetes Day!! How could we not do something for diabetes. Granted we live with it everyday. But still... For school we didn't do a lot. We did study about diabetes, and the pancreas. Keeli drew a slew of pictures and wrote the shortest story in history about diabetes... A local movie theater just re opened.. They dedicated today to JDRF... It was great. All movies, popcorn and drinks were 2.00 each. We asked Keeli's cousin to go. We had a good time. Keeli acts like these days are just another day. She is a child and she doesn't understand the importance of these days. But for me to make them a part of her life hopefully as she grows older she will become an outspoken volunteering advocate of this disease. I wish everyone understood how diabetes effects their bodies everyday, and the importance of doing all you can to take care of yourself so they won't have long term effects from this disease. Hopefully with more voices and more awareness so many children won't end up in the hospital deathly ill with parents not understanding what could be wrong with their child. Parents of every child should know the signs, adults should understand the signs. It's just not talked about. I believe the reason it's kept so hush is because there aren't real answers as to why someone has diabetes. The possible causes could drive you crazy. It's almost like they've thrown any and every MAYBE out there. For the ones that have it I'm not so sure it even matters why.. But for the ones that don't, we need answers... It fits that saying everyone hates... It is what it is.. it's diabetes. Once you are diagnosed with it, that's that. You have it for life. There is no reversing, there is no growing out of it, and there is no getting better. The only thing we have is faith in God that we can do our very best to provide our children with the proper health care they deserve.. It's crazy when you think about it. Your child gets diagnosed with a chronic disease and with in hours your home alone treating them, when 24 hours before you had no clue what type 1 really was. Giving shots, pricking fingers.. Talks of going to low, seizures, and DKA causing coma, when your too high. It's over whelming. What gets a parent through it is... our children. You learn. We are it. It's strange to celebrate diabetes.. but I try to look at it as, we are celebrating the fight against it, and the fight for a cure and prevention! Today was not a sad day.. We made it a great day!