As some of you may recall my niece was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes back in October of last year. The diagnosis was a few days before Halloween and also her birthday. She has been handling the diagnosis like a champ since day one. Fast forward a few months, she is wearing a Dexcom and Omnipod and playing soccer. Back in January, I was up in Pennsylvania for a quick little family visit and I had the honor of being her guest speaker at her Daisy’s meeting in order to get her Defeat Diabetes badge.
During her presentation to her Daisies she showed famous people with diabetes. One of those people was Sierra Sandison. She had a few pictures of her. One of her showing her insulin pump, her book and another one wearing her Miss Idaho crown. My sister in law had told me that she loves Sierra and always talks about her.
I wanted to do something for my niece because she has been handling the diagnosis so great, so I reached out to Sierra to just ask if she could do something for my niece.
Well, if you haven’t heard already, Sierra Sandison is pretty freakin awesome!
About a week or so later, I received the following texts from my sister in law.
I just wanted to take this time to say thank you to Sierra again. Little things like this go a long way in how a young kid handles their diabetes management. My niece is so excited to show people her pump and her CGM. She willingly tells and shows people about it. I am proud of my niece for how she is handling it and once again thank you so much to Sierra. I know for a fact my brother and sister-in-law are even more thankful for this wonderful outreach.