Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
WHACK! BANG! POW! For generations comic books have commanded the attention of children and many adults, through their animation, story lines and action-packed pages.
That?s why Cheryl Eklund chose the medium to reach out to children who might be neglecting their diabetes.
The 48-year-old Mount Horeb mother is in the process of writing and illustrating a 24-page graphic novel focused around a teenager growing up with Type 1 diabetes. Eklund?s hope is that the book, which will be finished in 2013 and available for free at doctors? offices, will help convince teenagers not to hide their diabetes.
?For some reason when they?re going through puberty, they start lying about their (blood sugar) numbers, not checking their blood and not taking their shots,? she said. ?They?re more worried about their social life. They want to be like everyone else.?
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That?s why Cheryl Eklund chose the medium to reach out to children who might be neglecting their diabetes.
The 48-year-old Mount Horeb mother is in the process of writing and illustrating a 24-page graphic novel focused around a teenager growing up with Type 1 diabetes. Eklund?s hope is that the book, which will be finished in 2013 and available for free at doctors? offices, will help convince teenagers not to hide their diabetes.
?For some reason when they?re going through puberty, they start lying about their (blood sugar) numbers, not checking their blood and not taking their shots,? she said. ?They?re more worried about their social life. They want to be like everyone else.?
http://host.madison.com/entertainme...cle_48002c44-176b-5e2a-98d2-7beabda625a4.html