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"Our school has a full time nurse this year. Previously the nurse was only there from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. They all want to do anything they can for her, however, one day this year there was a substitute nurse. Subs can only stay until 2:00 p.m. Our daughter had gym that day and was to check her blood sugar after gym at 2:30 p.m. She forgot and no one reminded her because the nurse was gone. She got off the bus at 3:15 p.m. sweating. She was 54! The school changed her care plan so this doesn't happen again. They are aware it only takes once. I can't imagine having a school that’s not in support of my child! We need to be uniform in this care! It should NOT vary school-to-school, state-to-state! A law is needed!" —LJ, Schaumburg "My son is a type 1 diabetic. It is very hard to get the school district to understand what his needs are. You shouldn’t have to get a lawyer to get what you need for your child to be able to learn. Last year I was almost to that point. I am not allowed to leave insulin and syringes at school in case my son needs them, instead I have to always be a quick phone call away so it is very difficult to find a job and hard to support 4 children when school depends on us always being home. Please pass this bill and help our diabetic children." —EC, Joliet "I believe that the nurses at school are not educated enough about diabetes. They are not aware of the insulin pump and how to use it or how it works. The lack of education doesn't help with the increase in diabetes cases." —LH, Palatine "This is for my son who is 7 years old and has lived with this disease for over 6 years! We have already moved out of one school district that he almost died in and which also made enough mistakes to know that there is an angel watching over him. Hopefully we won't have to relocate again. Please help us and many others who are in the same situation!"—KF, Orland Park "I have an eight year old son that has Type 1 diabetes and although my child attends a public school that provides a school nurse or traveling school nurse during lunch hours to administrer his insulin, I still support the efforts of this bill for all other parents and children in Illinois."—LJ, Chicago "My daughter has Type 1 Diabetes since she was 13 months old. She is now 12 and in 7th grade. So far, her grammer school and middle school have been very cooperative. They have a wonderful support staff who are very understanding and willing to help out. My wife did have to educate them as well as the teachers, students and parents."—RW, West Dundee "My child is a type 1 diabetic and even with a nurse in school, she stopped taking spanish before school because the nurse was not required to be on site at that time (we did not push this and probably could have forced the issue but our child requires so much extra care that we wanted to build up as much goodwill as we could). More importantly she misses school every day to go to the nurses office for her blood sugar checks. Last year she missed enough reading time that it impacted her education (she was in first grade and learning how to read)."—MP, Glenview "Count me in to help all diabetic children to obtain diabetes management in school! My daughter and I are fortunate that she attends a school that has a nurse on staff to help her. I know many who don't."—DF, Tinley Park |
