A recent trip to Legoland was enjoyed by a group of children and parents who met at a Taunton support group during there diabetes journey.
The trust are pleased to be able to support such events and glad you all had a great time. During this time new friendships were formed and we hope they continue to keep in touch and support one another.
In May 2013, Tracy Evans met the Diabetes Paediatric Specialist Team from Royal United Hospital Bath, who support children with diabetes in the Mendip area including Frome, Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet.
Laura Bird Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse was keen to know how JETF supports children and their families. Since this meeting the trust fund has provided educational resources which include our road safety cards and back packing leaflets. We look forward to working with the team in the future and strengthening our presence in the Mendip area.
The Josh Evans Trust Fund (JETF) is proud to announce that we been chosen by SI Taunton President, Ruth Demenis as their chosen charity for the year.
Tracy Evans, JETF founder, spoke at SI Taunton’s Club meeting in May.
We very much look forward to working with President Ruth and the members of SI Taunton,(Tracy Evans) for more information please click here.
Tracy is pictured (left) with President Ruth Demenis.
The Dexcom G4 is a continuous glucose monitoring sensor that monitors a person’s blood glucose continuously. A sensor is inserted into the abdomen and can remain there for 7 days. The Dexcom receiver shows the current blood glucose and alerts can be set to alarm for high blood glucose, low blood glucose, rapidly falling or rising blood glucose.
At the end of 7 days the receiver is downloaded and provides a summary report to allow the health care professionals and family to spot the trouble areas and look at ways to improve blood glucose control.
This piece of kit will be a valuable tool to enable us to provide us with the information we cannot otherwise obtain to help young people living with diabetes.
We are very grateful to the Josh Evans Trust for providing us with the Dexcom G4.
(Nicky Green, Diabetic Paediatric Specialist Nurse, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton)