Today the kids and I headed down to Seattle to take Owen to his 12 month Teddy appointment. Teddy is an acronym for "The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young". The study is being conducted to discover the causes of type 1 diabetes (T1D). While still in the hospital with Owen, we agreed to a genetic test (for the Teddy Study) for high risk genes associated with T1D. We were told that only those babies with high risk genes (3.3% of infants) would be asked to continue in the study. Owen tested positive for these genes. Typically T1D affects 1 in 300 children in the US by age 15. Owen's risk is 3 in 100.
We are excited to be participating in this study! Hopefully Owen's participation will someday help to find the causes of juvenile T1D. If you are interested in learning more about this study, you can visit http://www.teddystudy.org/.
After our appointment we don't go home without making a little detour to U-Village to grab a coffee and cocoa, do a little shopping, and play on the toys too of course!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Teddy Study Appointment
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Hi Christina,
Janet recently sent me a link to your blog and I think it is such a great idea and it is so well written! I thank you for the inspiration to start our own - http://lindseyswansonandfamily.blogspot.com/
I enjoy looking at your page and it makes me really hope that we can all get together a bunch this summer!
Lindsey
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