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"A juvenile diabetes diagnosis affects the entire family. A local family hopes their story will help raise awareness.After years of serving on the board for the Louisville chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Olivia Sleadd never expected this to be the norm for her 6-year-old son, Jude.\"I had been speaking at all these events and when I would speak I would normally say 'I don't have a direct connection to Type 1 diabetes, but I know many people now' and of course, that story changed. I do have a direct connection,\" Sleadd said.Sleadd works for a company selling Accu-chek diabetic testing supplies.\u00A0Five months ago, after noticing the classic signs -- increased thirst, frequent urination and mood swings -- she grabbed a blood glucose meter from her car and tested Jude at home.\"The meter read high, which Jude though the meter was saying 'hello.' He thought it was cute, but when a blood glucose meter says high it means about 600 which is very, very high. Scary,\" Sleadd said.The Sleadds have no family history of Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes.After the shocking diagnosis, they had a lot of lifestyle changes to make.\"Before bedtime, if he's going to play, before any rigorous exercise, we have to do the same: we have to check his blood sugar. It never, it never stops,\" Sleadd said.Jude checks his blood sugar at least six times a day -- sometimes up to 12 times and gets a minimum of four insulin shots, one with each meal and before bed.\"I do that so it doesn't hurt. If you cross your fingers and you do it in your mind, you can be like don't hurt, don't hurt,\" Jude said.Jude's able to feel when his blood sugar is too low or too high and ask for help.It's a diagnosis he'll battle for the rest of his life.With the help of JDRF, Sleadd believes they will be able to cure, treat and prevent Type 1 diabetes.\"I've promised Jude and I believe with all my heart that we will have a cure for Type 1 diabetes in his lifetime,\" she said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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