By Sarah Stone

Juvenile Diabetes walk to hit the pavement

Sep 20, 2014 | 11:49 AM

It’s walk that is expecting to bring in 150 participants on Sunday.

In Prince Albert outside of the Art Hauser Centre the TELUS Walk to Cure Diabetes will take place at 10 a.m. to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Chantelle Hovdebo, chair of the walk said the Prince Albert Mintos will be there to show support.

The event will start with speeches from three ambassadors, including Hovdebo’s seven-year-old son Logan. Her daughter will also give a speech on what it’s like to be a sibling of a person Juvenile Diabetes.

Hovdebo said Logan was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes, also known as Type 1 Diabetes, when he was four.

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“He’s had to grow up a little bit,” she said.

The entire family has had to make adjustments, including her daughter and herself, she said.

“Lots of parents live a day-to-day struggle of just checking blood sugars, waking up through the night; it’s quite a struggle not just for the child but for everyone that’s involved,” she said.

 “I didn’t’ realize how much attention and focus was being put on Logan that she actually had a freak out on me one night and said ‘you’re spending all you’re time with Logan’ because all she wanted was some time and you know it’s important to balance that out with your kids. ”

Those diagnosed have to make sure their insulin and carbohydrate ratio is balanced properly at all times because their pancreas does not produce insulin anymore, she explained.

Hovdebo said those who are first diagnosed can get their insulin through a syringe and then after some people will go onto an insulin pen while others use an insulin pump. In this case the insulin is constantly pumping into the person.

“A lot of people, every time they eat they get insulin, so it could be up to six to eight injections a day,” she said, adding you have to count carbohydrates every time you eat.

The walk is about five kilometres long starting at the Art Hauser Centre followed by a barbecue and entertainment.

“It’s a great way for people and families who have people with Type 1 in their family to network,” she said.

Last year the event raised around $10,000 and this year she’s hoping for $15,000.

“Hopefully with raising money, which we’re doing, we can find either a cure or a better lifestyle for people living with Type 1 diabetes. Every 80 cent for every dollar raised goes into research. ”

sstone@panow.com

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