What lies between our family and our Disney Vacation – packing the car
and school letting out! I know everyone loves a vacation – just like us – and we
are very excited. I wanted to take this moment to show you the extra steps we
are taking because we have to be prepared for anything along the road –
especially a diabetes related issue.
We like you have to pack clothes, toiletries and shoes but we also have
to pack diabetes supplies – and then backups for our diabetes supplies and to
be on the “safe side” backups to our backups. This is a picture of the supplies before I
split them into two separate bags. Yes two bags – just in case something
happens to one we have another!
Just like everyone takes time to have kits available if your car breaks
down or you if you know a storm is coming you get supplies. We do this for our
trip with diabetes. We are hoping that it all goes smoothly and there are no
issues, but you MUST be prepared for that “what if” at all times when you are
travelling with diabetes.
As you think about your trips and all you do, take a moment and think about what families
with diabetes have to do on top of all of all of that. We aren't complaining or
nervous about travelling with diabetes, we have done it in the past and will do
it many more times in the future. I am just taking this moment during this month, diabetes awareness month, so maybe
next time you meet a family that has type 1 diabetes along the roads of your
travels you will remember, they are there to have fun, but they are also
being a little more cautious, a little more watchful and are probably very
prepared. You will know that they aren't crazy, hovering, helicopter parents, but
because like you in a storm they don’t want the worst to happen, but if it does
they will have all they need and know what to do to help their child.
Until there is a cure,
Jennifer Holdgreve
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