6

Six more lost

Six more lives dimmed

Six more blue candles lit in their honor

Six more souls to pray for

Six more families who will never be the same

Six more people who lost their lives to type 1 diabetes this week.

Six who range in ages from 18 months to 57 years. Including an 18th month old who was misdiagnosed and died from dka, a 9 year girl in France who committed suicide by jumping out a 5 story window because she was tired of living with diabetes.

A 16 year old boy who I believe had dka, and three women ages 24, 27, and 57.

The 24 year woman lived in Australia and never woke up.

The 27 year old was a mother of two small children.

And this morning I found about the sixth - A 57 year old woman from the state of Washington whose name was Jamiyya Laner.

Six strangers to us in theory, but family members none the less because of diabetes.

Six too many.

Six more reasons why we need a cure.