The cover story of the July 2008 issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, shares the Jonas family's struggle with Nick's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in November 2005, and will inspire all parents who are coping with their daughter's or son's diabetes.
"Nicholas is so self-sufficient," says his mother, Denise Jonas. "Even at that age he was quick to learn how to give himself shots... And I wanted him to take over because I knew I wasn't going to be around him all the time." The Jonases also have multiple back up systems in place behind the scenes; family members, assistants, and even the band's security team carry glucagon, fruit snacks, and an extra insulin pump.
It took the Jonas family more than a year to address ...