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Children who take shots to manage their diabetes must eat, exercise, and sleep, according to their shot schedule.  They live a very regimented life, painful life of multiple injects every day. For kids who take shots, their lifestyle must be adapted to insulin injections.

But children who can use an insulin pump (or an OmniPod) can get more of their “old”  life back.  They can eat, play, and sleep more spontaneously. They no longer have to take a small cooler for insulin pens or vials.  They can give themselves insulin discretely in public places helping them to feel more like other children and making it easier to go to movies, camps, school, and restaurants.

But there are a few drawbacks: they must wear a medical device 24/7 with a needle inserted into their bodies. Bath time (and pool time) often has to be centralized around cannula site changes. And kids must still count their carbs and take insulin to live.

Still, for children like Caleb, an OmniPod is much better than shots!

In addition to kids who want pumps, iPump has helped two children who wanted an OmniPod instead of a pump (maybe because Nick Jonas wears one!)

Your cash donations can help us get more kids off shots …. and on with life!