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Girls Just Want to have Girls Just Want to have Fun!Fun!
Meredith's FightMeredith's Fight
To Stay AliveTo Stay Alive
• Meredith pricks her finger 6-10 times Meredith pricks her finger 6-10 times per day, or over 2000 times per year per day, or over 2000 times per year to check her blood glucose level.to check her blood glucose level.
• She is injected with insulin from a She is injected with insulin from a pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• She constantly balances insulin She constantly balances insulin intake, food consumption, and daily intake, food consumption, and daily activities.activities.
Insulin Does Not Cure!Insulin Does Not Cure!
• While insulin allows While insulin allows a person to stay a person to stay alive, it does not alive, it does not cure diabetes nor cure diabetes nor does it prevent its does it prevent its eventual and eventual and devastating devastating effects:effects:
• Kidney failureKidney failure• BlindnessBlindness• Nerve damageNerve damage• AmputationsAmputations• Heart attackHeart attack• StrokeStroke• Early deathEarly death
““Both children and adults like Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 me who live with type 1
diabetes need to be diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, mathematicians, physicians,
personal trainers and dieticians personal trainers and dieticians all rolled into one. We need to all rolled into one. We need to
be constantly factoring and be constantly factoring and adjusting, making frequent adjusting, making frequent finger sticks to check blood finger sticks to check blood sugars, and giving ourselves sugars, and giving ourselves
multiple injections to stay multiple injections to stay alive.”alive.”
JDRF International Chairman, JDRF International Chairman, Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore
““I just want to be like everyone I just want to be like everyone else”else”
Meredith Richards, December Meredith Richards, December 20062006
Thank you for your Thank you for your continued support!continued support!
Brad, Michelle, Caleb, Brad, Michelle, Caleb, MadelineMadeline
& Meredith Richards& Meredith Richards
Join UsJoin Us
• Please join our walk team to support Please join our walk team to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research the Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationFoundation
• The walk is May 17, 2008 at Holiday The walk is May 17, 2008 at Holiday World.World.
• To join the team: To join the team: click hereclick here• Send donations to: Send donations to: Click HereClick Here