How I Became
My Daughter’s Pancreas

A Girl with Diabetes, Her Family and the Technology that Changed their Lives

 Jennifer, was a college professor humming along in her career until Claire, her five-year-old daughter, developed diabetes.  Jennifer used to sit in her plush office-chair and advise graduate students. Now she sits on her cold kitchen floor, in saggy jeans and advises Claire how to catch the missing hamster with a trap made out of an empty tomato can .

 But letting go of her career and giving Claire four shots a day didn’t give Jennifer and her husband the control they wanted over diabetes.  So they switched Claire from shots to an insulin pump—a pager size device that injects insulin into the body.

 The pump is supposed to help the family in their battle against diabetes.  Instead, it only adds to the stress.  Like at the amusement park.  The pump plugs up, Claire’s sugar sky rocket, the testing meter dies, and Claire and her sister bicker over who gets to hold the special amusement park cup. What’s a mother to do?  Many times Jennifer wants to give up.  

 But by year’s end, Jennifer realizes she can program the pump like an expert, head-off crises before they emerge and still keep the family in clean underwear.

 Best of all Claire’s sugar numbers are near normal.

 Follow Jennifer as she develops a new life without the career, juggles laundry, a hamster and the pump, all the while engaged in hand to hand combat against diabetes.

Read an excerpt from the book.

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