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I was 13 months old when I was diagnosed with T1D and I was diagnosed on my dad’s birthday! My parents were out getting some frosties from Wendy’s and they say that I kept reaching for them because I was thirsty. Well, later on I kept wetting my diaper. My dad would come in and change me, then he would come back in 10 minutes and have to do it again. This happened 3 times and they finally decided to take me in and see what was wrong. Turns out that their new baby was a type 1 diabetic. Surprise! I had a great team taking care of me in Montana when I was a baby and my mother (who just recently

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Nikki lives with type 2 diabetes—and thrives, despite her diagnosis and her experience with several diabetes-related complications. My name is Nikki and I am a type 2 diabetic of seven years. For the last two years, I've spent my New Years’ Eves in the ICU battling acute pancreatitis, sepsis, and ketoacidosis. I treat every day as a blessing and a gift, as each hospitalization was worse than the last. As such, I've vowed to train for a marathon to run in honor of the American Diabetes Association and have also raised $1,000 in donations. Additionally, I am an avid Disneyland 'resident.'

When I was 11, I became very sick with a flu virus, my mom thought that medicine and rest would help. I kept getting worse, drinking water every second I got, throwing up, barely being able to walk and there was this awful pain going down my entire side starting at my neck. My mom decided that we should go to the walk-in clinic and when we did I was passing out and waking back up, I could barely walk, or talk and the doctor took one look at me and said I needed to go to the ER. So my mom rushed me there, I was barely awake not talking, breathing deeply and when they saw me I was fighting not