Tuesday, December 06, 2005
 Every year, Yale's Pediatric Diabetes Crew throws a Christmas party for all of their little patients. We went for the first time last year and thought it was really great. They serve dinner and have a balloon artist tie balloons for all the kids and all of the doctors and nurses make their rounds, playing with the kids and wishing everyone a 'Merry Christmas.' Then Santa comes and hands out gifts to all of the children. But the great thing is, Santa is Doctor Tamborlaine--the head doctor of the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic. And he holds all of the kids on his lap and hands out the presents. It's pretty fun. So of course, we went again last night. Hunter loves it especially because he gets to run around with a dozen or more kids just like himself and he whips out his pump and compares it with his new friends' pumps and they all check their blood together and count carbs together and everyone feels normal--even if it's just for one night a year. Anyway, we feel really blessed to be a part of Yale's Diabetes Clinic and all of the changes they've helped us through with Hunter and with diagnosing his epilepsy and dealing with it all. They are a great group of doctors and nurses and you can tell they all love the kids and the work they do for them and for that we are very grateful.
posted by Shana # 9:58 AM 
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