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Diabetes Ceremony and a Zoo Day

(Daniel) Over the past few weeks, I've often thought about someone who told me that diabetes was essentially a solved problem with modern technology. I get what they...

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I like turtles

(Daniel) Mylin was nauseous and in a lot of pain when we went to bed last night. They didn't get comfortable until around 2 am. It was hard...

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Mellow day with a rough end

(Daniel) Mylin's sugar stayed elevated for a while last night and I stayed awake till a little after midnight when the correction started to do its job and...

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Super Girl

(Daniel) Today felt surreal. In a good way, but surreal. We got to bed late last night but Mylin immediately fell into a deep sleep. 6 hours of...

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Home is where the McDonald is

(Daniel) Mylin and I both slept good last night, as far as hospital sleep goes. Blood sugar was stable all night. Now that Mylin's pump is on automated...

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Back in SD

7/21/2026 (Tif) The twins and I got back to SD after midnight last night. As I saw the 94 Freeway and recognized we were likely flying over our...

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Not out of the hospital quite yet

(Daniel) I'm writing this at 7pm, and Mylin is still extremely nauseous. We tried multiple things to help today. I vented their G tube 3 different times, even...

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And we’re off… well 3 of us

Mylin had a much better night last night. Being off of feeds made for much more controlled blood sugar. We did one quick basal rate change to account...

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Auto Mode

My continued to be really nauseous through the night, to the point they kept the bag up at their face for a good portion of it. It sucks,...

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Papa’s in charge

7/18/2026 Daniel has been doing his 24 hour diabetes cares. Which is an abridged version of what I did just a few days ago. He helps figure out...

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Mylin Schaaff

Lemon Grove, CA

Transplant Type: Islet Cell

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $100,000.00

Raised: $43,410 of $100,000 goal

Raised by 134 contributors