I have chosen my own topic simply because I find it close to my heart with my son being a diabetic, and I know first hand how Insulin pump Therapy has changed our lives. I intend to prove to my audience that it is a proven better choice, especially for younger children on many levels,and how this technology has changed the lives of millions of children with diabetes. My sources are many but I have narrowed them down to 5 and need to still narrow them down further. They are as follows:
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com, Insulin Pump Therapy page questions and answers, published by Children with diabetes, Inc.
Diabetic Medicine, a journal compilation from the Journal of Diabetes, UK
published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc via intercience.wiley.com
Medtronic, Why Pump Therapy?
published by Medtronic MiniMed, Inc
Kids, Insulin Pumps & You..... A parents guide to Insulin Pump Therapy for Kids
published by Animas Corp.
New Pump, New Life
published by American Diabetes Association
What I found in my research is that the statistics prove that insulin pump therapy is responsible for not only helping children to live a more flexible life but the on an average it has lowered the average blood sugar ranges and decreased the amount of deadly low blood sugar episodes. I also learned that an insulin pump was used on a 12 day old baby that was born without a pancreas! This was huge because even 20 years ago that baby would have more than likely died but due to technology and insulin pumps this baby could be given minuet doses of insulin that a regular syringe isn't capable of delivering, thus allowing to manage such a tiny baby's sugar level, AMAZING. I also was touched by the numerous letters that children around the world have written thanking the pump companies for this device, and the parents as well are thankful for being able to live a less stressful life. I also learned that Insulin pump companies have already created a continuous glucose monitoring system that will read directly to a pump, which one day soon means NO MORE CHECKING blood sugars 8-10 times a day, this device will be implanted and automatically sense the level of sugar in the blood then read to the pump. This means basically an artificial pancreas! I learned lots of interesting things, much I didn't already know so it was a great research project, as far as technology goes, diabetes, and my school project.
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