Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
It's not unusual for a child's imagination to run wild, and when that happened at one local Minnetonka elementary school, it sparked others.
Dozens of students created their own inventions. It was all part of a month-long class assignment, but it was real life that prompted eight-year-old Elijah Zapzalka's invention.
The second grader is a Type 1 diabetic. He created a special syringe for diabetics who have to inject themselves with insulin multiple times per day. The syringe helps prevent a condition called lipohypertrophy.
"(That is) when you put insulin in the same spot over and over again and you get a big lump of scar tissue," little Elijah said pointing to examples on his display board.
http://www.news10.net/story/news/he...student-creates-device-for-diabetics/5112889/
Dozens of students created their own inventions. It was all part of a month-long class assignment, but it was real life that prompted eight-year-old Elijah Zapzalka's invention.
The second grader is a Type 1 diabetic. He created a special syringe for diabetics who have to inject themselves with insulin multiple times per day. The syringe helps prevent a condition called lipohypertrophy.
"(That is) when you put insulin in the same spot over and over again and you get a big lump of scar tissue," little Elijah said pointing to examples on his display board.
http://www.news10.net/story/news/he...student-creates-device-for-diabetics/5112889/