Over labor day weekend 2012 my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after she was hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis. In the 7 months since her diagnosis we have learned so much about this condition and the what to do and no to do's. One of the biggest things we have learned not to do is to listen to everyone around us. Some people say it isnt ok to snack others say it is fine as long as you cover the carbs with insulin... blah blah blah. My philosophy is follow the doctors orders. Thats what they get paid for and they arent going to steer us wrong. I need to tune out the nay sayers, the people who keep trying to advise me on how to raise my diabetic daughter especially since they have never had to raise a diabetic themselves. One person in particular keeps thinking that my daughter needs to be deprived of things she likes in order to stay healthy and no matter how much I tell her otherwise she refuses to hear me. It has gotten to point where the two children are not treated equally and my daughter is resenting it. To deprive a diabetic child of the things they like is to leave them open to sneaking those exact things and to rebel, thus being counter productive to being healthy in the long run. If you treat these things in moderation there is no reason why she cant have them on occasion.
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