In July 2022, our 8-year-old Teddy received a life-changing diagnosis: Type 1 diabetes. It was a tough journey, but Teddy's ability to adapt and learn has been nothing short of amazing.
When you have T1D (Type 1 diabetes), your body stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy.
Managing the disease is a constant struggle that involves monitoring your blood-sugar level, injecting or infusing insulin through a pump, and balancing these insulin doses with your eating and activity.
Even with a strict regimen, people with T1D may still experience dangerously high or low blood-glucose levels that can, in extreme cases, be life threatening
This year Teddy wants to help make a difference. He’s looking for financial support for T1D research and is walking as part of a JDRF fundraiser later this month.
Please consider making a donation to his walk. Every contribution, no matter how big or small, brings us one step closer to finding a cure for T1D.
http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/batmanwalksfort1d
Your support means the world to Teddy and our family. Together, we can help make Teddy's walk in the JDRF fundraiser a powerful stride towards a brighter, healthier future for those living with Type 1 diabetes.
Thank you for your generosity and for standing with our family and the T1D community
@kjrichards My little sister found out she was type 1 at 10 years old. She has since had three kids and turns 40 in a year.
There have been ups and downs, but realize that everything gets better eventually. As weird as it sounds, life gets back to normal. Just a different kind of normal.
Katie Richards
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