Introduction

Welcome to the Three Million Joels blog. We have decided to start a blog dedicated specifically to Joel's fight with Type 1 diabetes, and items on here will range from day-to-day stories from Joel, stories from friends (both adults and children) who are also dealing with this disease, information about fundraising for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and other diabetes-related posts, like advancements in technology or in finding a cure.

Why Three Million Joels? Because although our youngest son is the nearest and dearest sufferer to our family's heart, there are an estimated three million people in the US who deal with Type 1 diabetes on a daily (or, more specifically, minute-by-minute) basis. So, although it is about our son, it's not. It's about much more than that.

Please feel free to check in from time to time; there have been few things that have changed our lives more than Joel's diagnosis on March 7, 2009. It's an important topic for us and for many of our friends; our hope is that you would come alongside us and the families of those three million individuals in helping to find a cure.