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>> HI, MY NAME IS NATE.
I'M 20 YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN DIABETIC SINCE I WAS
SIX YEARS OLD.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SEAN.
I'M 18 YEARS OLD, AND I WAS DIAGNOSED WHEN I WAS 13.
>> USUALLY, I MAKE SURE MY KIT'S ALWAYS PREPARED
WITH GLUCOSE TABLETS, AGAIN, A GLUCAGON,
AND JUST SNACKS.
AND I ALSO MAKE SURE, LIKE, I'M EATING AND DRINKING
LIKE JUICE AND STUFF BEFORE I GET INTO MY CAR.
I DON'T BOLUS AS MUCH FOR IT JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE MY SUGAR IS A LITTLE HIGHER JUST IN CASE,
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN.
AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EVEN WORSE WHILE YOU'RE
DRIVING YOUR CAR, SO I ALWAYS MAKE SURE MY BLOOD
SUGAR IS, LIKE, A LITTLE HIGHER,
LIKE UPPER 100S OR TOWARDS 200S ALMOST.
SO SEAN AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR AWHILE,
AND WE MET AT CAMP, BUT WE HANG OUT OUTSIDE OF CAMP.
SO WE WERE HANGING OUT ONE WEEKEND,
AND WE WOKE UP, AND WE WANTED TO GET FOOD.
AND AS WE WERE DRIVING TO A RESTAURANT,
SEAN STARTS SEIZURING IN MY CAR.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER ACTUALLY SEEN
A SEIZURE, SO I WAS FREAKING OUT,
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT THEN I REMEMBERED WHAT I HAD LEARNED HERE
AT DIABETES CAMP.
AND FIRST THING I DID, I HAVE A PREPARED,
LIKE, DIABETES KIT IN MY CAR.
I GRABBED IT--I PARKED, AND I GOT OUT AND GOT IT.
AND I PULLED OUT THE GLUCAGON, WHICH IS IMPORTANT
TO KNOW HOW TO USE EVEN IF YOU DON'T
USE IT ON YOURSELF, TO USE IT IF YOU'RE
WITH OTHER DIABETICS.
SO I DID THAT, AND I GLUCAGONED HIM AND THEN I DROVE BACK
TO HIS HOUSE AND-- WHERE I GOT HIS MOM.
AND THEN WE FOLLOWED THE OTHER PROCEDURES,
MADE SURE HE WAS, LIKE, OFF ON HIS SIDE,
MADE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIS MOUTH,
BLOCKING HIS AIR.
AND THEN HE EVENTUALLY WOKE OUT OF IT,
AND IT WAS LIKE THE SCARIEST DAY OF MY LIFE BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT THINGS DO HAPPEN, THOUGH,
SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED.
SO I TAUGHT MY ROOMMATES HOW TO USE A GLUCAGON JUST IN
CASE THAT WOULD HAPPEN, AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN
WITH ME EVER SINCE.
THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY ALWAYS ASK ME, WHEN I'M ACTING WEIRD,
"ARE YOU LOW," STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ME, WHICH IS GOOD.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM IN COLLEGE.
AND AGAIN, ALWAYS BE PREPARED.
AGAIN, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE,
AND YOU JUST NEVER KNOW, SO BE PREPARED.