A Part of My Family

So ever since I was diagnosed with type one diabetes, many people keep on asking me the same question. This question kind of gets me thinking and kind of makes me upset. The question that they keep on asking me is "do you now feel a part of your family?". See the reason why I kind of upset is that, I have always been a part of my family. Just because I didn't have anything wrong me, I know for a fact that my family still did love me just as much as they loved my sister and brother. Haha I am not mad at the question that they are asking me, it just has been giving me a lot of thought. I just think that just because I now have this disease that my sister has, doesn't mean that I am now "a part" of my family. I am very thankful that I do have my family. I know that they have always loved me even without this disease and with this disease. Even with this disease I don't want people to feel sorry for me because I am just like everyone else. I am just trying to keep being strong, and I don't want people looking at me different when I give myself a shot or just because I have a medical bracelet on. I am just like everyone else, and I have always been a part of my family. I am so blessed to have an amazing family that know how to take care of me! So to answer the question, YES I do feel a part of my family, I have always been a part of my family!

Thank you everyone!

So through all of this, I have meet some amazing people! People that can relate what I am going through. It's been so fun meeting people, but at the same time it's been really hard. I feel like some of my friends aren't talking to me anymore because of this. I don't really know if it's because of me having this, or for some other reasons but i just feel like my so called friends aren't really there for me. I am not really that worried about it because I know that I'll meet new people this fall when I start college, it's just really hard because this disease is really causing a lot of stress in my life and they just don't really understand. There are many times when I feel like I want to give up. I just ask myself, why did this happen to me? Why does my family not only have to worry about me now but also my sister and brother. Why couldn't I be the only "normal" one and help out my family? All these questions just run through my mind and it really does stress me out. I know that I can get through this and be a strong person and just live my life and have fun. A quote I really love is "live, laugh, love". Live the life that you have, Laugh and have a good time with your life, and Love everyone even your enemies. I just want to thank everyone that has been there for me and continues to be there for me. I really want to thank my parents and my WHOLE family for being there for me. I would also like to thank my best friend, Emily Wesselkamper because through this she has been there for me since day one. She is helping me through this and even starting to count the carbs for me! She is so scared of shots, but she did help me do my lantus! Love you Em! And lastly I want to thank my amazing boyfriend, Jacob Glenn. He has been with me for 2 and a half years and he has been a true blessing in my life. You would think that most boyfriends would leave there girlfriends when they get a disease because of the stress, but my amazing man told me he wants to continue to help me and he will do the best he can to do anything. I love you Jake and thank you for everything and sticking with me! And a huge thank you to EVERYONE that has helped me through this and to help me stay strong! THANK YOU so much!  Seriously you guys are amazing!

My New Life

Well, here I am wanting to make another story about how my life with my sister with diabetes does make it hard for me too...well let me tell you something. After I graduated high school in May, a couple of days after that I wasn't feeling well. I just had a normal day with my boyfriend and I was just having a blast. We were just relaxing and having a great time. Well it was getting late and he had to go home. So I was waiting up like I always do to know that he got home okay, and something wasn't right. I wasn't feeling like myself. I felt weird and my head was killing me. So I decided to take my blood sugar...I was in the 500's. I told my mom and after awhile we went to the ER at down at Children's. Around 3 am nurses and doctors kept on coming into my room and saying "I am so sorry Evelyn, I really am. But I know that you know a lot about it because of your sister". They just kept on saying sorry but I just didn't understand why. After awhile my mom and I just looked at each other and we were thinking..CRAP! I was finally diagonsed with type one diabetes. So its's been a month and some days with me having this and I have met the most amazing people in my life. New people that are always there for me. And even some of my friends are now there for me. So I have decided to make a new blog about my new life. And just talk about how it is affecting me and my family. I hope that you read and enjoy my blogs now(: