Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The Diabetic Barbie, or D-Barbie for short, has 2,300 Facebook fans on her page. That's more than my newspaper that has a measly 1,526 and can't seem to break 1,530. Pitiful. Anyway, D-Barbie has an orange or pink colored pump (I can't really tell from the photo), a syringe pen needle should she choose not to use a pump, a blood sugar meter and a juice box for when she gets low. Oh, and did I mention that her boyfriend Ken is also a D-man? He's got a blue pump. All the accessories are made from clay.
This whole idea was brought up by a 7-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes. Her mom, who thought it was a great idea, created the Facebook page after asking Mattel about it.
http://www.chicagonow.com/living-with-diabetes/2012/02/would-diabetic-barbie-be-helpful-to-children/
This whole idea was brought up by a 7-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes. Her mom, who thought it was a great idea, created the Facebook page after asking Mattel about it.
http://www.chicagonow.com/living-with-diabetes/2012/02/would-diabetic-barbie-be-helpful-to-children/