Meet Romney!
Meeting Romney was such a great experience! She has it all! She is gorgeous, funny, full of life, great at sports, plays the ukulele, and is also training a seeing-eye dog! I love listening to her stories and meeting the sweet lab she is training! I am so excited you guys get to know her a little bit!
How old are you? 15
How old were you when you were diagnosed with T1D? 11
What is your favorite subject in school? Chemistry or Guide dog sciences
How did you feel when you were diagnosed?
Physically I was tired, and felt like I had the flu all the time. Mentally I was ok with taking everything in until about a month after when I got hit with the reality of it all and everything that had happened.
What do you like to do for fun? i play girls tackle football, box, jiu-jitzu, paint and play ukulele :)
How did you find out that you were diabetic?
my mom called the pediatrician and told them all my symptoms, they then booked us about two weeks out. my mom also texted our family friend who is an OBGYN and told him about my symptoms too, he then came over to my house immediately and then took me and my mom to his clinic. once we got there he tested my blood sugar and it was too high to read on his meter so he took us to primary children’s ER. My diagnosis number was 985 and they said i probably would have gone into a coma that night so i am so thankful for Sean our family friend. a fun little side note, the pediatrician staff had to get retrained on diabetic symptoms because of me ;)
Do you like being diabetic?
in some ways yes, i get to volunteer, go to fun camps, meet awesome diabetic friends, and go to lots of fun events. But there are some downsides to diabetes like the breakdowns, highs, lows, all the needles and alarms, etc.
What is cool about being diabetic?
getting to meet diabetic friends, diabetes camps, JDRF events, volunteering, and fun opportunities
What is the worst thing about being diabetic? The needles and shots and all the pokes.
What is your favorite food? mango curry
What is your favorite movie? spider-man: far from home
Where is your favorite restaurant? In-n-out
Where is your favorite place to vacation? San Diego
If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be?
to find a cure for diabetes that every diabetic could have, to always have enough money in my pocket to pay for what i’m buying, and to have school not exist.
If you could have any animal in the world as a pet, what would it be?
a monkey, i could train it to do stuff for me and they’re super cute.
If you could wake up with a superpower, what would it be? flight
What would you like others to know about being a diabetic?
it’s very different from type two diabetes and i can still do whatever i want even with diabetes