Emerson Riel is a 7 year old superstar living with Type 1 Diabetes. He was diagnosed at 4 years old and has such a positive outlook about his diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that affects your pancreas. For most people, our pancreas produces insulin naturally. When you have Type 1 Diabetes, your pancreas doesn’t produce insulin anymore.
As part of Emerson’s daily routine he has to check his blood sugar and administer insulin several times a day.
Did you know that 33,000 school age children (5-18 years old) in Canada have Type 1 Diabetes?
Emerson and I shared a socially distanced interview to talk about JDRF and how you can help raise awareness for the Type 1 Diabetes community.
He crushed his $500 goal, but there’s still a long ways to go to find a cure of Type 1.
To find out more about JDRF and Type 1, click HERE!
Thank you JJ Stewart Motors for allowing me to share these stories and raise awareness within our community.
