Table of contents for Getting a grip on diabetes : quick tips and techniques for kids and teens / Spike Nasmyth Loy and Bo Nasmyth Loy.

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Contents
Foreword	
Acknowledgments	
Introduction
	You Can Do Anything!	
	Getting a Grip?Updated	
1 What Is Diabetes?	
	Why Do We Shoot Up Insulin Instead of Getting a New Pancreas?
	How Did We Become Diabetic? 
	How Do You Know When You?re Low?	
	How Do You Know When You?re High?	
 Do Growth Spurts Affect Your Blood Sugar? 
2 Getting Organized	
	The Kit		
	The Cooler	
	The Diabetes Drawer	
 The Fridge: Tips for Storing Your Supplies
3 Elementary School	
	Support Groups	
4 Outdoor School	
	Bo Goes to Camp
5 Sports	
	Team Sports	
	Surfing	
	Motorcycle and Bicycle Riding	
	Bo?s Motorcycle Accident
	Backpacking	
	More about Heavy Exercise	
6 Pursuing Academics	
7 Eating Out	
8 Traveling with Your Family	
	The Backpack	
	The Full Medical Kit	
9 Driving	
10 Partying	
11 Starting College	
12 Traveling on Your Own: Backpacking through Europe
13 Insulin and Insulin Pumps	
	Two Kinds of Insulin?One Syringe
	Two Kinds of Insulin?Two Syringes
14 Going on the Pump
	Getting Started
	Safety Tips
 The USC Rose Bowl Game: The Day My Insulin Pump Broke
	The USC vs. Notre Dame Game: The Day My Tubing Broke
	What Is This Crack in My Pump?
15 Dealing with Doctors	
16 When You Are Sick	
	Sick-Day Plan	
	Supplies to Keep on Hand for Sick Days	
	Ketones	
	Vomiting
	Glucagon
17 Accidents or Surgery	
18 Food?Short, Medium, and Long	
	Handy Categories	
	Spike and Bo?s Carb-Counting Sheet:
	Meals and Snacks We Like to Eat		
	What Are Proteins and Carbs?		
19 What Everyone Needs to Know?So They Can Help	
	Symptoms	
	Why Kids with Diabetes Often Need Extra Calories	
	Your Schedule	
20 Brothers and Sisters	
	Why Animals Are Used in Biomedical Research	
	Kids, I?m Proud of You	
	911?One, Two, Three, Boom! You?re Gone	
21 Tips	
22 The Family Scrapbook: Promoting Diabetes Research	
	Get Excited about Research	
23 Resources
 The Shopping List?Our Favorite Products and Supplies
 Other Books to Read	
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Diabetes in children -- Juvenile literature.
Diabetes in children -- Patients -- Home care -- Juvenile literature.
Diabetes in adolescence -- Patients -- Home care -- Juvenile literature.
Diabetes.
Diseases.