by Bonnie O'Neil | May 22, 2020 | T1D and Caregiving
When my son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age five, I thought the greatest fear in managing my child’s T1D would be injecting him with insulin. I would soon discover there were far greater fears awaiting me as his caregiver. “What if his blood sugar...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Feb 4, 2020 | T1D and Caregiving
I was no stranger to T1D when my son was diagnosed with the disease at age five. My sister has been living with T1D since she was sixteen years old, and my brother died as he was being diagnosed with the disease when he was just eight years old. I was born eighteen...
by Bonnie O'Neil | Feb 5, 2019 | T1D and Caregiving
I have been surrounded by loved ones affected by type 1 diabetes (T1D) my entire life—first as a sister, and then as a mother. And while raising a child with T1D has certainly given me a front-row seat to the challenges of managing this complicated disease, it was...