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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Julianna Briggs watched as her mother pricked her right big toe and squeezed a drop of blood. "Ow," she barely uttered.
Julianna, who turns 6 in August, has had Type 1 diabetes since she was 1. Toe pricks to check blood sugar levels are part of the Clovis girl's daily life, and this poke was just another she has learned to accept without complaint.
Now that she is older it's easier for Julianna to understand that blood tests and insulin shots are necessary to control her diabetes, parents Shannon and Shiloh Briggs said. "But the disease doesn't get easier," her mother said.
That message is what the family wants Congress to hear. Today through Wednesday, Julianna will be one of 150 children and teens from across the country who are meeting in Washington, D.C., to ask lawmakers to support funding for diabetes treatment research.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/07/07/3378157/clovis-girl-5-asks-congress-to.html
Julianna, who turns 6 in August, has had Type 1 diabetes since she was 1. Toe pricks to check blood sugar levels are part of the Clovis girl's daily life, and this poke was just another she has learned to accept without complaint.
Now that she is older it's easier for Julianna to understand that blood tests and insulin shots are necessary to control her diabetes, parents Shannon and Shiloh Briggs said. "But the disease doesn't get easier," her mother said.
That message is what the family wants Congress to hear. Today through Wednesday, Julianna will be one of 150 children and teens from across the country who are meeting in Washington, D.C., to ask lawmakers to support funding for diabetes treatment research.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/07/07/3378157/clovis-girl-5-asks-congress-to.html
