Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Like other kids at summer camp, Hannah Murray has been enjoying herself riding horses, swimming and playing Quidditch with friends.
She doesn?t even mind drawing blood from her finger to measure her blood sugar like other campers at the Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. in North Oxford.
"All the other kids here are diabetic so I don?t feel alone,?? said the 10-year-old fifth grader from Sudbury, who wears an insulin pump on her leg. "I was 4 when I was diagnosed. Then I felt kind of nervous. Now, I feel like I can do anything.??
At the sprawling 200-acre site, Executive Director Kevin Wilcoxen said the Barton Center "empowers?? children like Hannah "because we speak their language.??
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/n...rning-at-Barton-Center-for-Diabetes-Education
She doesn?t even mind drawing blood from her finger to measure her blood sugar like other campers at the Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. in North Oxford.
"All the other kids here are diabetic so I don?t feel alone,?? said the 10-year-old fifth grader from Sudbury, who wears an insulin pump on her leg. "I was 4 when I was diagnosed. Then I felt kind of nervous. Now, I feel like I can do anything.??
At the sprawling 200-acre site, Executive Director Kevin Wilcoxen said the Barton Center "empowers?? children like Hannah "because we speak their language.??
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/n...rning-at-Barton-Center-for-Diabetes-Education
