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www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, SEPTEMBER 25,2002 PAGE 5 Allison Madgett holds an insulin pump that eliminates needles and strict food schedules for kids. The pump gives a continuous supply of insulin insulin into the blood stream. JACQUIE MclNNES/ Statesman photo We Couldn't "Bear" It Four out of five kids are not correctly buckled into a car seat when riding in a motor vehicle. Is your child one of them? At The Co-operators, we care about the safety of young children, so we partnered with the Canada Safety Council and the Infant and Toddler Safety Association to help address this alarming statistic. Find out more about correct installation and use of car seats at a Buckle Up Bears car seat clinic: Sunday September 29 • 9 am to 12 noon Clarington Fire Hall (Sponsored, by Laura Sciore To book an appointment call The Co-operators at 1-877-455-6455 U? * V* &SHE1S V V A , the co-opeiâtoi§ A Better Place For Yoir Canada 1 Safety Council A better life for children with diabetes Walk for the kids is Sept. 29 By!jACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer DURHAM - For some Durham diabolic diabolic children, life has become a lot less complicated in the last year thanks to a medical breakthrough. jEight-year-oId Allison Madgett has spent 18 months learning to live with diabetes and the strict eating regime and injections that go along with it. But luckily for the Bowmanville girl, and others like her, a device that eliminates needles and rigid food schedules - once onjy available to adults - can now be used by children too. jlnsulin pump therapy uses a catheter, inserted into the skin, to pump a continuous insulin supply into the blood stream, ensuring sugar levels remain remain stable without such a regimented eating schedule. "It's a lot easier on our lifestyle," says Allison's mom, Tracy. "When she was on needles we had to have scheduled scheduled meals. Now we can delay meals." Even more importantly, she adds, "It will reduce complications in the long run," because Allison's sugar levels remain remain more constant. "Pumps in the past haven't been approved approved for children," says Marlene Grass, executive director of the Charles IT., Best Diabetes Centre for Children and Youth. The centre focuses on the needs of people with juvenile - type 1 - diabetes, an autoimmune disease unrelated unrelated to lifestyle. Thanks to continued research, the technology of the pumps has improved making it safe for children, children, she explains. In the past 18 months, the centre lias worked to introduce the new device to the children and young adults who use the centre, Ms. Grass says. Although in tlie long run the pump makes life a lot less complicated, initially there is a lot to' learn about the electronic device. So the centre has developed a thorough education program for its clients, prior to sending them home with the pump, says Ms. Grass. Of the 35 people who have started with the program "no one has put their pump on the shelf," she says. "That's 100-pcrccnt satisfaction. That's wonderful, it's what we want." On Sept. 29, the centre will hold its annual walk-a-thon to raise money to diminue these programs and assistance. assistance. Participants can walk or run a two-kilometre or five-kilometre route beginning at Hcydenshore Park in Whitby. Registration begins at 9 a.ni., opening ceremonies are held at 10:30 am. and the walk begins al 11 a.m. It will he followed by entertainment and a barbecue at noon. For more information and pledge forms or to sponsor a walker, call 905- 666-7796. Please visit our website at www.sleepfavtory.com Remember, we are the factory. Please visit our website at www.sleepfactory.eom Your Health Comes First Mere at Ceilarerol't Place we recognize that our residents deserve the best of care and to provide this we've developed programs and services to ensure their well-being, independence and quality of life. Whatever their requirements are now or may be in the future our residents and their families have peace of mind knowing that their needs will lie met, This "Aging in Place" philosophy means our residents can remain in familiar surroundings with staff who know anil care about them. Cedarcroft Place /,VZIn'hi, ni K'ositli'iico (i I' 1 Kin;' Si. I'.v.i, ( Kluw.i i >N Tel: (91)5) 723-9490 FAX the news room 905- 579- 1809