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"... I discovered that diabetes affected not just Kari but her younger sister Kristin as well ..."

A place where parents can find information on raising a diabetic child

"I decided to create a place where parents, especially those of newly diagnosed diabetic children, could find information on raising a diabetic child ... This awareness and preparation will allow us to help them live healthy normal lives."

My name is Russell Turner. I'm a single father responsible for raising a diabetic child.

My daughter Kari was diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes May 25, 2002. She was 8 years old.

I found that caring for a diabetic child presented a lot more challenges than they prepared me for at the Children's Hospital. What I discovered was parenting an insulin dependent child entailed a host of emotional issues that I wasn't ready for because nobody told me to expect or prepare for them.

Finding information about the medical aspects of Juvenile Diabetes on the internet was easy. However, as time went by I began to realize there was the whole emotional aspect to parenting a diabetic child.

I discovered that diabetes affected not just Kari but her younger sister Kristin as well. Juvenile Diabetes affected our family in some very profound manners. I got back on the internet and started searching for information on living with a diabetic child. I found some information here and there about the emotional aspects of Juvenile Diabetes but nothing like the information available for the medical side of this disease.

So the idea for this website was born. I decided to create a place where parents, especially those of newly diagnosed diabetic children, could find information on raising a diabetic child. With advance awareness and proper preparation we can see the potential emotional problems developing. We can avoid many of these situations and be prepared to effectively deal with those that are unavoidable. We can have plans in place when we know how to anticipate these stresses on our diabetic children and especially our diabetic teens. This awareness and preparation will allow us to help them live healthy normal lives.

My daughter Kari is the blonde in the picture. She's now 10. (going on 25) Her younger sister Kristin who is 8, towers over her. At first this was pretty traumatic for Kari. However, now she is kind of proud of the fact that her sister is so tall.

Our children are our most precious possessions. They will test us and try us and bring us joy and love in staggering amounts. God bless them all.