HELP ME HELP HANNAH

The following is a letter that a family of a little girl in my class is sending out. I've decided to participate in the walk on Hannah's team. So PLEASE visit my website and donate to a wonderful cause. I've only had Hannah a couple of weeks and this little girl is amazing. I truly believe that Hannah's was brought into my life for a reason. I plan on helping her in anyway I can. So PLEASE help me help Hannah. My Website: http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87110073


Hi Everyone,
I am writing this letter on behalf of our daughter, Hannah and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
As you may be aware of, Hannah was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on January 7, 2008 at the age of 7. She is now completely insulin dependant, which means that she must take insulin injections daily. This was a total shock to us and has changed our lives completely. One day Hannah was complaining of a belly ache and I thought she had the flu and then a few days later she was being admitted to the PICU with her blood sugars at 1050 (normal is between 80 – 120), where she stayed for 2 ½ days and was in the hospital for the rest of the week. Type 1 Diabetes is a devastating disease that strikes suddenly and very quickly. We do not have a family history of this disease and Type 1 is not related to lifestyle factors. There is not a cure for this disease yet, which means Hannah will have to take insulin for the rest of her life. She is now 8 years old. Hannah started out having to take 4 shots of insulin daily. She is now on an insulin pump but still has to prick her fingers 12+ times per day and throughout the night. That equals about 2070 times since Jan 7 that she has had to prick her fingers and she has had over 600 shots just this year. Most of the time Hannah is upbeat and smiling, but some days she cries, as do I. We change out her pump site every 2 – 3 days, and it is hard. I have to inject a long needle into her stomach, where a canula then stays. Hannah is still very active, though and loves to ride horses, play volleyball and basketball. There has to be a better way to manage this disease though. Hannah is our hero. She is so brave. We draw strength from her courage.
You can help Hannah and other children with this disease! Our family is walking in the 2008 JDRF Walk For A Cure. We have started a team and it is called “Hannah’s Bears.” The JDRF is the #1 funder of Type 1 Diabetes in the world. They are also very close to finding a cure. We want to do all we can to help make finding a cure in Hannah’s lifetime a reality. Our clinic, Back to Health Chiropractic is dedicating the month of September to “Hannah’s Bears” and we will be donating 100% of new patient proceeds to Hannah’s team. You can help by walking with our team on Saturday October 11, 2008 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Registration is at 12 noon with the 5K walk at 1:00 pm. We want as many family and friends to join our team and raise pledges that can. We have even ordered t-shirts for all of our team members! We think it will be a lot of fun! If you can’t walk with us you can still help by sending a donation. You can send it to our home address (31427 Tres Lomas, Bulverde, TX 78163) or online at walk.jdrf.org under Walk Central. Just type in Hannah’s name (Hannah Czerminski), and our team name Hannah’s Bears. You can call me with any questions at 210-683-1150.
Thank you for loving Hannah and supporting her! We can’t do it without your help! Please help our team and help Hannah be able to say that she used to have diabetes.

Love, Jeanie, Drew, Andrei and Hannah Czerminski