Patti Kirkpatrick's Blog – October 2010 Archive (1)

Maxine today at 17 years of age. On August 18th 1998 at 3pm in the afternoon I was told that Maxine had a deadly disease called Type 1 Diabetes. This call came in about 2 hours after a kindergarten physical when Maxine climbed off the exam table and said she had to "potty". Nothing unusual about a skinny little 5 year old needing to go to the bathroom. After all, it was 104 degrees outside, we had been gulping bottled water and neither of us could seem to quench…