I'm Marisa's Mom..... Marisa was 7.... it was July 7th.. we just got a water cooler in our home and she was drinking like crazy.. I called my friend who worked at the local blood lab and ask "do me a favor" and just run a glucose test on Marisa.. of course he thought I was a crazy Mom.. but i Just knew.... with her Blood sugar over 700 off we were to a week in the hospital.. we were at a local hospital and many children there were being treated for cancer.. Marisa said to me.. Mommy these kids are sick.. we can do this. I knew then "we" could do this!.. we have had our ups and down.. but I've never seen a more positive person.. I was told by "nuns" in school.. Love her for who she is.. but with her "disability" she will be so limited. O. boy were they wrong................ Marisa is now 28...
A doctor of Pharmacy and lives a full life and diabetes is just a part of it.. she is my hero!!
lindenhurst, NY
