For Halloween, 5-year-old Emma McCarty will dress as Supergirl.
Though she may not have super powers in real life, her mom
thinks she’s pretty special. "There’s just something different
about kids with diabetes,” said Jennifer McCarty, vice president
of program development for the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Emma was diagnosed with
type 1 diabetes when she was 2 years old. "We try to treat her
the same as any other kid. But she is wise beyond her years.”
McCarty admires the mature way her child deals with diabetes.
But for Emma, Halloween candy can be as dangerous as kryptonite
is to Supergirl. Luckily, Emma doesn’t have much of a sweet
tooth. She’d rather trick-or-treat for her favorite food, pasta
salad, than for candy. But her mom lets her have a moderate
helping of candy. The McCartys just make sure to offset that
candy with the right dose of insulin. Emma wears a pink pump
that delivers insulin in just the dose she needs to offset any
sugar or carbohydrates she’