DaD Ep 15: Quizzing Cousins!

An episode of the Dads and Diabetes podcast, hosted by Mark Turner, titled "DaD Ep 15: Quizzing Cousins!" was published on September 30, 2019 and runs 60 minutes.

September 30, 2019 ·60m · Dads and Diabetes

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Summary

Two dads of T1D daughters, on a podcast, trying to figure it all out. Mark has the opportunity to visit with two of Ella's cousins, Laura Jane (LJ) and Sydney. An odd phenomenon in their family means that all of the girls of this generation are Type 1 Diabetics. With there being quite a gap of time between the three girls, we thought it might be interesting to hear their stories, to see where there are similarities and divergence with Ella's and Anna's T1D experience.LJ and Syd share with us their diagnosis stories, what it was like growing up with T1D when they did, and why attending a familiar summer camp was so important to them...

Episode Description

Two dads of T1D daughters, on a podcast, trying to figure it all out.

Mark has the opportunity to visit with two of Ella's cousins, Laura Jane (LJ) and Sydney. An odd phenomenon in their family means that all of the girls of this generation are Type 1 Diabetics.

With there being quite a gap of time between the three girls, we thought it might be interesting to hear their stories, to see where there are similarities and divergence with Ella's and Anna's T1D experience.

LJ and Syd share with us their diagnosis stories, what it was like growing up with T1D when they did, and why attending a familiar summer camp was so important to them...