Kim, author of Texting My Pancreas, has started a new video project called “You Can Do This” aimed at letting others with diabetes know that they are not alone and that they have support.
Kim says, “You Can Do This is a growing community of videos, created by people with diabetes, with the aim [to] provide validation, hope and encouragement through honest talk for those who struggle with the disease.”
I talked with my daughter about this project and she agreed that she would like to show other children, who might be newly diagnosed with diabetes, that there is nothing that they can’t do because of diabetes.
She has traveled halfway across the country. She’s gone camping, to the amusement park, and to the waterpark. She’s taken dance, ice skating, soccer, tennis, and gymnastics. She goes to public school. She’s raised thousands of dollars for diabetes programs and talked in front of hundreds of people. She has learned to check her own blood sugar and count carbs.
Even though she has diabetes, she can do everything a child without diabetes can do. And so can your d-kid!
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WOW, that was fantastic Leighann. Let the kids know that they did a wonderful job.
Wow!
That is truly a wonderful video!!
That was awesome!! My favorite you.can.do.this yet! Great job guys!
Bravo. This was incredibly well done. Great content and excellent production value!
I’m all about iMovie 🙂
Tell Q and her “assistant” Awesome job…Loved it!!!
Love this video…I’m going to show my 5 year old girl with D in the morning! Great job to Q & her brother! 🙂
You know, I used to really not like to look at CWD blogs. They just broke my heart; too many memories.
They still break my heart but they also remind me how strong children and their parents are in dealing with this. Things are different now because we can share little things like this with the whole world.
Thanks for reminding us what is important!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO! Well done D-mama!
This got me crying! Please give your kids big, huge, ginormous hugs from me – they did SUCH a great job! (And so did you!!) 🙂 Thank you so much for participating in You Can Do This.
Wonderful video! Loved it. It’s so awesome to see our kids healthy and having fun.
Excellent! Kid-friendly, great production values, catchy music, and good message. Two thumbs up!
Great inspiration–thank you, Q and family. It is a real relief to learn that even after 38 years of living with type 1 diabetes that I can be a monkey, too!
What a great way to start my day! Awesome! ((D-hugs!))
Fantastic video!! The kids did a great job! Excellent job of educating others – keep it up!
great job!!
lOVED IT!! The kids did a fantastic job!!
D-Mom, you rock!! Awesome video!!!!!
That was such a great video, woke up early tested my bs and decided to watch a few of these videos, I’m so glad that was the first one I watched, your daughter is awsome, her little helper was pretty great too. Great way to start my morning!!