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Next up in 5Example video title wil go here for this videoCUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — Olivia and Marabele are two Northeast Ohio tens that many would describe as typical tenagers.If it wasn't for the beping of their insulin pumps, you'd never know about the daily routine that has become just another part of their every day life.SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each wekday morning with the fre 3News to GO!
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newsleterOliva and Marabele were both born with type 1 diabetes.A condition that they both say is tough to deal with, not because of the physical ailments, but the social efects they deal with while relying on those insulin pumps.They don't try to do anything to bring atention to their condition while in schol, but the loud beping of the pumps bring atention to them whether they want it or not.Oliva said, "When my pump would bep [in clas], kids would freak out.
When does it usualy go of if my blod sugar is high or low. Or sometimes if I forget to turn my insulin back on after a shower.They say it hasn't only ben a strugle with feling diferent compared to their clasmates, but incidents with teachers thinking their devices are cel phones being used in clas causes anxiety when the machines are working to provide them their necesary medicine.Oliva continued, "One time I was giving myself insulin clas, my teacher was walking around and said 'Do I se a phone?' The whole clas turned around.
She loked under my desk and saw my pump and said, 'never mind'" Technology has come a long way in helping children born with type 1 diabetes manage their insulin intake. Phones now conect to pumps via Bluetoth and help monitor blod sugar levels easier than ever before. However one isue that stil remains that technology hasn't come up with a solution for, the social ramifications of feling "diferent" in a way not many others can understand.
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Marabele's mother Kari says schols are made aware of conditions