In January 2022, our lives changed forever. With a 6 week baby at home, we took our older son for a pediatrician appointment to see why he was constantly peeing through all of his diapers. A quick finger stick at the office, and we were sent to the children’s ER to start our new journey as Type 1 Diabetes parents.
I’m here to tell you – life is just as beautiful as ever! The first few months feel so heavy and that life will never be the same. That month for us was one of the worst of our lives – a Type 1 Diagnosis, two funerals for our grandfathers, in the thick of postpartum with a 6-week baby – and the daily struggles of figuring out this disease. But in the years since we’ve become foster parents, gave birth to another sweet boy, and accomplished so much more!
Our Type 1 son does not let anything stop him, he does everything the other kids do and he knows that he is stronger because of it.
I wholeheartedly do not believe we would be in the place we are today, if not for our faith in God. He has taken a traumatizing diagnosis and brought us so much light through it. Don’t get me wrong – there are really hard days – but I have strength and peace knowing that we are empowered and cared for by God.
Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
