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Permalink Reply by Kathy on April 18, 2012 at 3:55am

Gina,
thats great! Where are you getting the DAD?

Permalink Reply by Gina on April 19, 2012 at 11:56am

Thank you Kathy for your reply!

It is a foundation in Quebec, Canada called Fondation CORAZON du Quebec, it is not know in the English community as its website is in French only. The co-founder talks some English as she used to train dogs in Ontario, Canada. I don't know where you are in the world but they provide dogs in Canada and even Europe, so I am sure that they would be open to do the same for other countries too.

Permalink Reply by Richard157 on April 18, 2012 at 6:06pm

Gina, I am so pleased to hear this! DAD's are wonderful, and Noah will have such great protection for many years ahead. I know several facebook friends who post about the DAD's who protect their kids. One friend stopped using the CGM for her son, because his DAD is much more accurate!!!

Permalink Reply by Gina on April 19, 2012 at 11:45am

I want to thank you Richard! It is one of your comments on the DADs' Group that got me looking into DADs (the comment about the article in Diabetes Health magazine) so we are truly grateful that you wrote that!! Adora (Noah's future DAD) will help tremendously because Noah usually doesn't feel his lows or highs! When he's awake by observing him we usually know, but what scares us the most are nights, because he doesn't wake up, so we have to think of everything, before going to bed, to see if there is a need for us to check his bg during the night (what did he eat, did he eat too little to sustain his bg, did he exercise...). You can't put a price on how much of a relief Adora will bring us!

Thank you for you reply and your kind words!

Permalink Reply by Richard157 on April 19, 2012 at 1:38pm

Thanks for telling me that, Gina. I am so pleased for Noah! There is mucg talk on Facebook about DADs. I don't see much about them on the D websites.

Permalink Reply by Gina on April 19, 2012 at 2:16pm

Thanks for that info too, I have made a Facebook page for Noah last week but didn't think of looking for others in the same situation!

Permalink Reply by Richard157 on April 19, 2012 at 7:20pm

Gina, write a message to Lorrie Rin. Her DAD is named Hope and her T1 daughter is about 4 now, I think. They love Hope. She is the one who says her DAD is better than a CGM. She gives great advice and help to others who are inquiring about DADs.

Permalink Reply by Gina on April 20, 2012 at 1:57pm

Thank you again Richard :) I will look it up! It is always good to be well informed ;)

Permalink Reply by Gina on April 20, 2012 at 3:29pm

I found Lorrie Rin on Facebook but cannot send a message or a friend request, is she on tudiabetes too?

Permalink Reply by Richard157 on April 20, 2012 at 5:40pm

I can message Lorrie and see what is going on there. I have not seen her post in her group for awhile now. It is called the "T1 Hangout".

Permalink Reply by Richard157 on April 21, 2012 at 7:39am

Gina, Lorrie and her daughter and their DAD have been to Disney, so they were away for awhile. She sent me a message today. I have requested your friendship. I will send you a message with Lorrie's email. She said to give it to you. Here is a video of the three of them at home.

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-child-with-diabetes-finds-hope-in-fourl...

Permalink Reply by Gina on April 22, 2012 at 5:44pm

Thank you Richard for that link, I watched it (and liked it ;) ). Wow, it's nice to see them enjoy life now! Can't wait to hear some more!

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