Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Being prepared for a hurricane like Harvey means having a plan to leave, packing essentials like food, water, and batteries. However, there is a large segment of the community that needs other lifesaving supplies.
"There's a lot of elderly, there's a lot of fixed income, and there's a lot of people who need medication, seizure medications, insulins," said Refugio resident, Larry Polansky.
Larry's young daughter Heather is a Type 1 diabetic, and had it not been for friends in Corpus, she would have ultimately run out of medication.
"Knowing that I don't have insulin is scary because it can make me really sick and yesterday without insulin without an hour or 2, it made my blood sugar go really high," Heather told us.
There are so many local people just like Heather. South Texas is considered ground zero for diabetes and a lot of pharmacies on the outskirts have run out of insulin.
http://www.kristv.com/story/36255644/diabetics-in-need-of-insulin-donation-efforts-underway
They can buy it 'at cost' 🙄
"There's a lot of elderly, there's a lot of fixed income, and there's a lot of people who need medication, seizure medications, insulins," said Refugio resident, Larry Polansky.
Larry's young daughter Heather is a Type 1 diabetic, and had it not been for friends in Corpus, she would have ultimately run out of medication.
"Knowing that I don't have insulin is scary because it can make me really sick and yesterday without insulin without an hour or 2, it made my blood sugar go really high," Heather told us.
There are so many local people just like Heather. South Texas is considered ground zero for diabetes and a lot of pharmacies on the outskirts have run out of insulin.
http://www.kristv.com/story/36255644/diabetics-in-need-of-insulin-donation-efforts-underway
They can buy it 'at cost' 🙄