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About Us
Just Sweet Enough helps
families cope with juvenile diabetes
When a child is diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes, it touches
off a wave of emotion that washes over the entire family.
There is confusion and there is uncertainty; most of all,
there is fear – because no one really seems to know what the future
might bring.
Stacey
Omstead
DiNiro understands all of that – and in her new, self-illustrated
book, Just sweet Enough, she does families affected by childhood
diabetes an enormous service.
Omstead DiNiro tells the story of young Rory Jameson, who
awakes one morning with a camel’s thirst.
He drinks all the milk in the fridge, then he drinks all the
juice – and then, he nearly drains the tap of all its water.
And then, after all that, he has to run to the bathroom.
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parents are quite naturally worried.
They pile the whole family into the van and head for the
doctor’s office, where they learn that Rory is “just a little too
sweet.” Yes, he has
Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes, and the sugar levels in his blood are just
too high.
To keep the diabetes under control, Rory must check into hospital
for a week. He will
need regular, healthy meals – and insulin injections three times a
day.
And exercise will help, too.
But can Rory and his family cope?
Of course, they can.
Rory can still swim every day; he can still play soccer with
his buddies at school; and he can still play hockey, with his Dad
coaching on the bench.
He can live a normal life – just like any other kid.
This, in the end, is a simple, effective message of Just Sweet
Enough. Omstead
DiNiro’s book cuts right to the chase for families living with the
uncertainty of diabetes:
With proper care, proper nutrition and proper blood-sugar
monitoring, Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes is simply a challenge to be
met; it is not an obstacle impossible to overcome.
This is a book that will be appreciated by youngsters whose lives
have been affected by diabetes.
It is a book for their brothers and sisters as well – and it
is most certainly a book for their parents.
Just Sweet Enough is just smart enough, too.
Just Sweet Enough
By Stacey
Omstead DiNiro
ISBN 097815480
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