My 10-year-old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes two months ago. She is on three units of Lantus at night and has been prescribed Humalog (one unit if she goes over 300 mg/dl [16/7 mmol/L]). We have only used the Humalog once and it made her drop too quickly. Our daughter appears to be very sensitive to changes in her blood sugar levels. One symptom she often reports is feeling dizzy. Other times she just "doesn't feel right." Is it common for a newly diagnosed child to feel awful at least once or twice a day despite the regular use of Lantus and an effort to keep her meals/snacks within the carbohydrate guidelines? Is dizziness a common symptom if the blood sugar is rising or dropping too quickly? We've had a difficult time keeping her in school on a regular basis and, on weekends, it's been difficult to spend long periods outside the house because when she feels sick, it comes on quickly (I do carry orange juice at all times). Sometimes she drops quickly; other times she goes up really fast. It just seems as if we're all struggling to get this condition at least "somewhat" under control, but do we have unrealistic expectations? I'm told it will get better over time, but I don't see much improvement in these rapid and unpredictable blood sugar swings. The school staff seems to be getting impatient with us and doesn't understand why she's not in school every day. Do you have any suggestions on how to help us?

Justin Delgado is husband to Kacie Doyle-Delgado, diagnosed at age 11. After more than a decade together, he considers himself to be an expert carb counter and Dexcom inserter. He graduated with his Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah in 2013 and has been working in commercial banking since then. He attended his first Friends for Life conference in 2015 and is looking forward to volunteering with the teens.

Kacie Doyle-Delgado, MSN, APRN, NP-C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11 and attended her first Friends for Life conference in 2002. Since then, she has attended several FFL and regional conferences. She earned her BSN and her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT and she is currently enrolled in a DNP program. She works for Utah Physicians Care Center in a diabetes specialty clinic. Kacie lives in Salt Lake with her husband, Justin Delgado, and their dogs. She is looking forward to volunteering with the teens again.

Marissa Town, BSN, RN, CDE, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential. She has had type 1 diabetes since the age of two and has grown up with a passion for helping families living with diabetes. Marissa is currently working as a research nurse at Stanford University. She has always enjoyed working with families with diabetes at Children with Diabetes conferences, camps, and support groups. She and her husband Adam have two young children, Connor and Everly.