Comments on: {Meet a D-Mom} Leighann of D-Mom Blog (Me!)

By: sysy

sysy — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:57:17 +0000

I don’t doubt that parents of children with diabetes must sometimes get hit hard by the realization of what their children are living with. It’s nothing short of natural and to be expected. I’m amazed by how strong you are and as a person with diabetes diagnosed as an 11 year old child, I KNOW that the way you handle your child’s diabetes is going to help her SO MUCH to get through all the childhood and teenage years that await her. You seem tough yet sensible, which is important. I’m sure you inspire many other parents, including me.

By: leighann

leighann — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:58:08 +0000

I actually want to thank YOU. You are so confident & put together and in those early months when I read your blog, it really made me realize that my daughter can have a bright future despite the diabetes.

By: Kerri.

Kerri. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:42:14 +0000

I’m honored by the shout-out, and I am so glad to see that there’s a blog for the parents of kids with diabetes. I know that my mom would have benefited tremendously by connecting with other CWD moms, but the resources just didn’t exist 23 years ago. (She does lurk on blogs now, though – and she also says hi!)

Looking forward to reading your posts.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:37:37 +0000

Wow! I felt like I was reading our story. Our daughter Grace is much like yours. She is so wonderfully positive. She was diagnosed at age 2, just a month before she turned 3. We too have moved to a pump, and I soooo understood the relief of the less stuff to carry around.

Grace is on a CGM and if you have any questions, I would be happy to answer. We love it, couldn’t live without it.

Thanks for starting this up. While my husband is diabetic as well as his two sisters, being the mom of a little girl who is diabetic is still a very different experience, often a lonely one. I’ve grieved for quite awhile over what I felt she lost when she was diagnosed. But this fall, I decided a new attitude was needed, I needed to step up and meet this challenge with the grace that my daughter has.

I know I’ll still have moments…when I wish things were different, or how I thought her life might be (not quite so challenging)…or when she wishes she could be like her brother (who is not diabetic). But as you know, we can only take one day at a time.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:34:42 +0000

You’ve done an amazing job of putting together this resource for D-families. Q is lucky to have you as her advocate! You should be proud of stepping out of your comfort zone to open yourself up and share with the community. Congrats Leighann!

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By: Mike LeBlanc

Mike LeBlanc — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:08:16 +0000

Hi Leighann,

Thanks for sharing. It does make us feel less alone when you read of other families that are going through the same thing. I’m not sure why, but there is comfort in that.

If you’re okay with profiling D-Dad’s, I’d be happy to be featured on your blog.

Take Care
Mike (Adele’s dad)

By: Ayden's Mom

Ayden's Mom — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:06:04 +0000

Hi Leighann,
My son was diagnosed in August of 2008 at 18 months of age. One of the things I have learned over the last year and a bit is how diabetes connects so many moms from so many places around the world. We all suffer through the hard times, wish we could take the pain away or at least feel it, and are so proud of our children that we just about burst talking about how brave they are. I understand your story inside and out, but one point you made hit me hard. We test Ayden 8 to 10 times a day and it is starting to feel like a never ending cycle. on a monthly basis we are adding a new testing time to our regime and my worries about his numbers increase exponetially to the amount of times we test. I think I’ll take a lesson away from your post and try to scale back a bit to see if that helps. Thank you!!!

By: Tracy Shannon

Tracy Shannon — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:50:00 +0000

great post! I’m not one that has a blog or anything, (I’m not creative and have a very hard time writing my words down), your story is very much the same as ours, Emily was diagnosed on March 15th, 2009 and was about to turn 4 in April. You have a great gift and ability in doing this blog and I very much appreciate it!
Tracy

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:05:03 +0000

I’m one of the kids that grew up. I love the fact that others (especially the parents of newly diagnosed kids) can see that we have grown up, and even though diabetes is still at the center of our lives, we are healthy, for the most part, we have careers, hobbies, and talents. I think it gives comfort to those who are at a very scary time in their lives.
Plus, if those of us who lived through the “diabetes dark ages” are still doing okay, think about how much better the kids will be who are diagnosed now will be. They have knowledge and technology that we couldn’t even dream about!