My daughter Dee was first diagnosed with gestational diabetes while she was pregnant with her first child. After the birth of her beautiful son she and he both were tested and she was told that she no longer had diabetes. She seemed to be fine. Then there was a sudden weight loss. I remember going to breakfast with her and her husband and she ate three of everything. Three glasses of orange juice, three pancakes, toast, eggs.............it was amazing how much she was eating and losing weight quickly and when I asked her she would tell me she was losing weight quickly because she was breast feeding. She would also tell me that she needed to see an eye doctor because her vision was blurry. This went on for maybe two months and one day her dog got out and she went out looking for him and passed out. She was taken to the hospital and there she was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Her sugar at the hospital was 800. She was lucky. That was 11 years ago. Since then she has given birth to a beautiful daughter. She is truly blest. She watches what she eats and she is doing wonderful. Neither one of her children show any signs of the disease and my daughter keeps watch. I am very proud of her. She definitely is my HERO!!!

Meredith Faunce
Philadelophia, PA