Introduction

I am excited to start journaling about our experience with raising a child with Type 1 diabetes. It is a learning curve of how to care for your child and we are just beginng to feel like we know what we are doing. My husband is a financial advisor and is very analytical. I, on the other hand, am a creative thinker.  We have dealt with the diagnosis of our child very differently. It has been very emotional for me and my husband has been very concerned with the cost of every thing. I am not going to lie it has been so hard and sometimes I feel like I overcome one emotional struggle and another arises. Not to mention the financial burden of paying around $300 a month just so our Princess can live. When Rose was first diagnosed in the hospital it was so overwhelming and there was very few places on the internet that you could find information on nutrition, financial support, and emotional support for young children that have type 1 diabetes. I hope that this blog will help bring families together that have children that our Type 1 diabetic and also provide a place to find real life experiences. Our Princess Rose is now three and a half. Her little brother Prince James is 15 months.