Episode 80 | Bonnie’s Story – A son with Type 1 Diabetes

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Ep. 8 Bonnie's Story

Meet Bonnie, her husband and her three adult children. Bonnie calls herself “the replacement kid” after her parents lost their son to Type 1 Diabetes. Because of their history, Bonnie was hyper aware of the signs and symptoms and ended up diagnosing her own son at 5 years old with a urine test strip on the bathroom floor of their own home.

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