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Delegates in Washington

Delegate: Alexa
State: Washington
Profile: Alexa gets annoyed when people tell her she can't eat a certain food. "I just calmly tell them, "I can eat that, I just need extra insulin.'"
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Delegate: Danielle
State: Washington
Profile: It took doctors so long to figure out what was wrong with 2-year-old Danielle that she was flown to the hospital in a special airplane.
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Delegate: Kaitlin
State: Washington
Profile: Kaitlin (who prefers "Kaiti"), 15, has gotten used to having diabetes since being diagnosed in 2004, but she still wishes she didn't have to deal with the "rock in my pack" that makes everything so much harder.
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Delegate: Kyla
State: Washington
Profile: Kyla was in a life-threatening coma at the time of her type 1 diabetes diagnosis at the age of 1, brought on by ketoacidosis. A year later, her two brothers, Raymond and Zachary, were also both diagnosed.
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Delegate: Raymond
State: Washington
Profile: Raymond, 11, was the last of his siblings to be diagnosed. He was 4 years old, and though the adjustment was hard, it was even harder for him to deal with the fact that he lost friends...
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Delegate: Zachary
State: Washington
Profile: Zachary is a very active 8-year-old whose favorite activities are skateboarding, riding his bike, and playing with his brother and sister, Kyla and Raymond.
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