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My name is Sailor and I am almost 11 years old. I was diagnosed two months before my third birthday, on December 10, 2001. At first is was hard for my family to get used to the changes in our lives – because diabetes affects everyone in the family. I used to have to have 6 shots a day but now I am on the Animas 2020 pump and that has helped me to manage my diabetes better. I have tried not to let diabetes be who I am. Once, when I was little, I heard some adults call me a diabetic. I immediately corrected them by saying "I'm not a diabetic, I'm a little girl." I live in southern California. Some of the things I like to do are play with my friends, play the piano, sing and dance. I also love to do any kind of crafts. I have an older sister, Sierra, who is 16. My whole family, including my Aunt Libby, is involved in Children with Diabetes. We have been going to CWD conferences since 2002. What I like best about the conferences is getting to see my friends that I've made there and making new ones. Having diabetes is not all bad. You get to go in the shorter line at Disneyland, and that's a good thing. And I get to go to CWD conferences. A few months ago I wrote a letter to Sasha and Malia Obama, asking them how they are liking living in the White House and to ask their dad to work on finding money to find a cure for type I diabetes and to find a way help out my mom and dad with medical bills like all my prescriptions . I actually got a letter back from Michelle Obama and she said they would look into it and to hang in there and was happy to hear from me. I was excited to get a letter from the White House but more excited to hope that maybe there will be a cure for diabetes some day. You can email me at my mom's email address, which is . Published November 17, 2009

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