BD DIABETES CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS The Glucose Monitor WINTER/SPRING 2012 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3, Goryeb Children’s Hospital Morristown Medical Center 100 Madison Ave. Morristown, NJ 07960 Phone: (973) 971-4340 Fax: (973) 290-7367 The Team Physicians: Harold Starkman, MD, Director Tymara Berry, MD Barbara Cerame, MD Daisy Chin, MD Frances M. Guevarra, MD Lawrence Silverman, MD Nurses: Frances Melchionne, EdD, RN, CDE Clinical Coordinator Laurie Ebner-Lyon, RN, APN, CDE Elaine Nussbaum, RN, APN, CDE Christine Wagner, RN, MS, CDE Nutritionist: Connie Shirtz, RD, MS, CDE Social Worker : Nicole L Pilek, MSW, LCSW Administrative Staff : Donna Parente, Office Manager Debby Ace, Endocrine Coordinator Cheryl Baldwin Ashaki Graham Sheryl Irons Joann Millman Christie Murillo Medical Assistants : Martha Ortiz Pamela Solomon Pierre the Pancreas Cake donated by In October of 2011, our 9 year old daughter, Jenna, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ. After witnessing what so many children and their families go through, we have started the Jenna De Grazio Wish Foundation to help raise awareness and funds for the care before the cure . We invite you to join us for the First Annual Jenna De Grazio Wish Foundation Food and Wine Tasting March 26, 2012 6-10pm Held at the 4 Star Route 10, Livingston, NJ Come enjoy an evening of great food from many of the top restaurants in the area! Wine tasting sponsored by the Wine Legend, Livingston, NJ Just a “taste” of some of the fabulous prizes you can win! Full Length Mink Coat Overnight stay w/dinner at Hotel Westminster 2 night stay, Leen’s Lodge, Maine Diamond Earring—iPad—TV—Gift Cards Overnight hotel/movie packages & many, many more Ticket Price: $100/person Proceeds donated to the BD Diabetes Center for Children and Adolescents, Goryeb Children’s Hospital @ Morristown Medical Center FOR INFORMATION and TICKETS PLEASE CALL 973.901.6296
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B D D I A B E T E S C E N T E R
F O R
C H I L D R E N
A N D A D O L E S C E N T S
The Glucose Monitor W I N T E R / S P R I N G 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3 ,
Goryeb Children’s Hospital
Morristown Medical Center
100 Madison Ave.
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: (973) 971-4340
Fax: (973) 290-7367
The Team
Physicians:
Harold Starkman, MD, Director
Tymara Berry, MD
Barbara Cerame, MD
Daisy Chin, MD
Frances M. Guevarra, MD
Lawrence Silverman, MD
Nurses:
Frances Melchionne, EdD, RN, CDE
Clinical Coordinator
Laurie Ebner-Lyon, RN, APN, CDE
Elaine Nussbaum, RN, APN, CDE
Christine Wagner, RN, MS, CDE
Nutritionist:
Connie Shirtz, RD, MS, CDE
Social Worker:
Nicole L Pilek, MSW, LCSW
Administrative Staff:
Donna Parente, Office Manager
Debby Ace, Endocrine Coordinator
Cheryl Baldwin
Ashaki Graham
Sheryl Irons
Joann Millman
Christie Murillo
Medical Assistants:
Martha Ortiz
Pamela Solomon
Pierre the Pancreas
Cake donated by
In October of 2011, our 9 year old daughter, Jenna, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ. After witnessing what so many children and their families go through, we have started the Jenna De Grazio Wish Foundation to help raise awareness and funds for the care before the cure.
We invite you to join us for the
First Annual Jenna De Grazio
Wish Foundation
Food and Wine Tasting
March 26, 2012 6-10pm
Held at the 4 Star
Route 10, Livingston, NJ
Come enjoy an evening of great food from many of the top restaurants in the area!
Wine tasting sponsored by the Wine Legend, Livingston, NJ
Just a “taste” of some of the fabulous prizes you can win! Full Length Mink Coat
Overnight stay w/dinner at Hotel Westminster
2 night stay, Leen’s Lodge, Maine
Diamond Earring—iPad—TV—Gift Cards
Overnight hotel/movie packages
& many, many more
Ticket Price: $100/person Proceeds donated to the BD Diabetes Center for Children and Adolescents,
Goryeb Children’s Hospital @ Morristown Medical Center
FOR INFORMATION and TICKETS PLEASE CALL 973.901.6296
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SWEET TALK with team member Laurie Ebner-Lyon Laurie Ebner-Lyon is
a pediatric nurse practitioner
and a certified diabetes educa-
tor. She lived in Wisconsin for
almost 20 years and received
her nursing degree from the
University of Wisconsin and
her master’s degree from Mar-
quette University in Milwau-
kee. Laurie worked in the field
of pediatric rheumatology for
about 18 years, taking care of
children with juvenile arthritis,
Lupus and other rheumatic
diseases. She worked In pedi-
atric rheumatology at the
Children’s Hospital of Wis-
consin and Hackensack Uni-
versity Medical Center. She
joined the team in pediatric
endocrinology at Morristown
almost five years ago. She
enjoys working with families
with chronic conditions and
auto-immune diseases, easing
the transition from rheumatol-
ogy to endocrinology. Laurie
also sees patients in the prac-
tice who have other endocrine
conditions such as short stat-
ure and thyroid disease.
Laurie has 3
daughters whom she is very
proud of, and a very spoiled
Cockapoo. Two of her
daughters are in graduate
school in social work and
physical therapy, and one is a
senior in high school
anxiously waiting to hear from
college admissions.
In her free time Laurie
enjoys yoga, walks with Gracie
(the Cockapoo), going to the
theatre, the beach, reading and
gourmet dining. She feels
fortunate to be part of such an
excellent diabetes team!
Holiday Stuffed Animal Drive by: Peter Custy, Age 11
I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on November 4, 2011. When I was admitted to the Goryeb Children’s Hospital, I felt over-whelmed and confused. I didn’t really un-derstand what was happening. All I knew
was that I was thirsty and tired.
To make me feel better, my mom and dad let me pick out a stuffed animal from the gift shop. I couldn’t decide between an Ugly Doll and a stuffed white tiger (my favorite animal), so they let me get both. The stuffed animals kept me company in the hospital and made me feel better as I learned all about how to manage having
diabetes.
I met a lot of really nice kids in the hospital, and I realized that some of them had to stay a long time. As the holidays got closer, I started thinking about those kids and what I could do to help kids who were in the hospi-tal for the holidays. I thought about my stuffed animals and had the idea of starting a stuffed animal drive and collecting stuffed animals that I could bring to kids at the holi-
days.
My mom helped me send an email to our family and friends. I even asked my mom to post it on her Facebook page, since I am not allowed to have my own Facebook page
yet. I told people about my experiences being diagnosed with diabetes and staying in the hospital. I asked them to donate a small, new stuffed animal that I could give to the patients at the holidays, and I set a
goal of collecting 36 toys.
I couldn’t believe how many animals people
donated to my toy drive. I received dona-
tions from family, friends, neighbors, my
Mom and Dad’s co-workers, teachers and
people I didn’t even know who had heard
about what I was trying to do. I collected
over 100 stuffed animals and small toys.
Since I collected so many, I was able to
T H E G L U C O S E M O N I T O R
THE INSPIRATIONAL TYPE: PETER CUSTY bring baskets to my local hospital’s pediat-ric floor and Goryeb Children’s Hospital on Christmas Eve with my parents, brother and sister. I even wore a Yankees Santa hat for good cheer. With the extra animals I col-lected, I also made a box of stuffed animals for the doctor’s office so that when a patient is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and has to be admitted to the hospital, they can
pick a friend to take with them.
I am really thankful for all the people who
helped me with my toy drive. I hope that
the stuffed animals helped the children in
the hospital feel joy at the holidays.
WOW!! Proof of Peter’s super successful toy drive!!
P A G E 3 THE INSPIRATIONAL TYPE: Maddox Maiello
About 25 kids along with their families
and friends attended. My friend that I
met at the Diabetes Center Family
Picnic helped me learn to skate. By the
end of the afternoon I wasn’t doing too
badly!
It was a great time and everyone had
fun and learned to ice skate.
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My name is Maddox and I am 9 years
old. On Sunday, December 18th, I
helped out at an ice-skating event for the
Diabetes Center. It was my community-
service project for my junior brown-belt
testing for my karate dojo. In order to
apply for testing on upper belts each
student is required to run an event or do
a project that serves their community. It
was held at the Mennen Arena. I assisted
Ms. Nicole Pilek in the planning of the
afternoon. It was my job to help design
the flyers, hand out name tags and give
ideas.
We still have openings in our advanced pumping
classes! “Making Your Pump Work Smarter Not Harder”
The BD Diabetes Center is offering an education program to help you get more from your insulin
pump. Come join other pumpers and together discover the tools and information you need to take insulin
pump therapy to the next level.
Class Dates:
Goryeb Children’s Hospital, 2nd Floor. Community Conference Room
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3 , W I N T E R / S P R I N G 2 0 1 2
STAY FIT AND TACKLE
IT!
By Ezra Keough
I’m a big New York Giants fan and this is
an exiting time for the New York Giants.
After a sudden death over time in the
playoffs, they beat the 49ers with a field
goal possible because of a fumble. The
New York Giants offensive and defensive
line demonstrated amazing talent and
skills. Then, they headed off to Super
Bowl 46. The rivalry between the Patriots
and Giants was reawakened. After an
intense game and a nail biting 4th quarter,
the Giants won!
Hi I’m Ezra Keough. I am a
healthy, fit junior (at Ridge High School)
that happens to have Juvenile Diabetes. I
was diagnosed at the end of my Fifth
Grade year. I just received my Varsity
Letter in Football from Ridge High
School. I play Center and Defensive
Guard.
As an athlete my schedule is
busy and challenging. Off-season, I work
out at least three times a week; preseason
training is rigorous, more like six times a
week. In season, we practice at least four
times a week with either one or two
games per week. So I barely have time for
anything more than schoolwork and foot-
ball.
My diet is balanced and in-
cludes a lot of vegetables and fruit. I do
have a sweet tooth so I do indulge with
that occasionally. Chocolate chip cookies
are one of my favorites. Balance is the
key with exercise and diet. My motto:
Stay Fit and tackle It!
I balance sports and diabetes
management by taking my blood sugar
often, before practice and before meals
and knowing how my body reacts to
foods and certain exercises, games and
scrimmages. I don’t skip testing my
blood sugar because that hinders me
from feeling my best and playing my
best.
I am in tune with my body and
make sure I stay hydrated and eat often
and healthy. Exercise, lifting weights
and running keeps me in shape and actu-
ally makes me feel really good. During
preseason, I work out at Test Perform-
ance Gym with Eric Dorsey, a former
New York Giant, who helps me improve
my skills and get ready for the football
season.
When I was a freshman and just
joining my football team at Ridge, I did-
n’t want to tell my coaches and team-
mates that I had juvenile diabetes. I was
just joining a new team and new school
and I just didn’t want to call attention to
myself. I then saw an inhaler in a team-
mate’s gym bag in the locker room. He
was a good athlete and friend, so I was
surprised that he never told me that he
had asthma and that he needed an in-
haler…Then I realized, everyone has
something that they have to deal with.
This encouraged me to tell my
coach and my teammates that I had dia-
betes. I came to the conclusion, that by
not saying anything to the coaches, the
trainers or my teammates, it was allow-
ing diabetes to control me! Not telling
them was standing in the way of my be-
ing my best for my team. So I made sure
they knew. The cool thing was that
my teammates and my coaches didn’t make
a big deal out of my having diabetes. They
just want me to play to my fullest potential.
We all want to play hard and work hard to
win games and do well at developing our
skills.
Last season, I was a starter for our Junior
Varsity team (with only one loss) and I
played on the defensive line for some of the
varsity games as well. I look forward to next
football season, meanwhile I am preparing
by getting in even better shape and working
on my football skills.
Check out my website:
www.tacklejuvenilediabetes.com. If you
want to talk about football; working out;
eating healthy or balancing sports and JD,
just email me and remember:
STAY FIT AND TACKLE IT!
T H E G L U C O S E M O N I T O R
Reminders for Insulin Storage: Insulin will only work properly for you if you store it properly.
Remember that once insulin is opened it is good for only 28 days, whether you are finished with the vial/pen or not. It does not matter if
you store it in the refrigerator or at room temperature. The clock starts counting down when it is opened.
For insulin that is not open or in use, remember to store it in the refrigerator and it will be good until the expiration date marked on it. Re-
frigerator temperature is 36 to 46 degrees. Room temperature is considered 59 to 86 degrees.
The only exception to the 28 day rule is Novolin (NPH) cartridges and pens which are only good for 7 to 14 days. Please check the package
insert for specifics
The general guidelines for insulin storage are to never freeze insulin, and if it is frozen or ever was frozen you need to discard it. Don’t use insulin past the expiration date stamped on it. Never expose insulin to direct heat or light, and avoid keeping your insulin in extremely hot or extremely cold temperatures. It’s best to keep your insulin with you in a carry-on bag with a cold pack when you are traveling by bus,
train or plane.
Never leave your insulin in the car and don’t use insulin that has developed any crystals or clumps.
P A G E 1 1 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3 , W I N T E R / S P R I N G 2 0 1 2
T H E G L U C O S E M O N I T O R
The maginative Site:
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Wanna share your artistic talent with others? Submit your drawings, paintings, photography or poems to Nicole via E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: BD Diabetes Center, Morristown Medical Center, Box 53, Morristown, NJ 07962, Attn: Nicole Pilek or just drop it off at your next appointment. Let the
creative person inside you out!!
The section to inject your creativity!!
T H E G L U C O S E M O N I T O R
Goryeb Children’s Hospital at
Morristown Medical Center
Box 53
100 Madison Ave
Morristown, NJ 07962
Office Phone #: 973.971.4340
Fax #: 973.290.7367
Easier Prescription Refills!
There is a fast, and easy way to get your prescriptions refilled and it’s free!! Our office participates in Relay Health, a web-based secure service for requesting prescription refills. We strongly encourage patients to use Relay Health for efficient and timely renewals. Simply register online at www.relayhealth.com or provide your e-mail address
when you register for your next appointment.
Remember – After hours and weekends,
on-call physicians do not have access to your
child’s chart and cannot authorize
prescription refills.
A Pharmacist can dispense 3 days of diabetes related
supplies without a prescription; this may be an
out-of-pocket expense. It’s always best to request
your prescriptions at your scheduled diabetes
appointments, or by using Relay Health.
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