Side Effect for Children: Day-Care Dilemmas (USA)

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In the weeks after Andi Smith's 13-month-old son, William, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the mother of two was dealt another blow: Her day-care providers refused to treat his condition. So for six months, Ms. Smith, a veterinary assistant, dashed out on her lunch break to give her son his insulin shot."I broke down and I thought, 'I can't keep doing this,' " Ms. Smith said.

Calling every day care she could find within a 20-minute radius of her Thornton, Colo., home, the only answer the 33-year-old received was no.

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