Teens cope with diabetes attitudes in Lorain rap session
A 21 year old Lorain ambulance driver Bill Blackhall describes stigma he faces as a diabetic. He joins a bi monthly juvenile diabetic support group at Lorain County Community Hospital to discuss public attitudes and coping strategies. Other youths share experiences of school peer pressure, dietary restrictions, and the emotional impact of living with diabetes while managing injections and blood sugar monitoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Blackhall
Lorain
Bill
Blackhall
Lorain County Community Hospital
Eric Hilgendorf
St. Joseph’s School
Amherst
Karen Hostetler
Cleveland
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
SDF
New Hope For Young Diabetics In Ohio
A personal account from 11 year old Eric shows how glucose meters ease daily control of diabetes and reduce fear of insulin. The piece also covers a 14 month old Kara Hockenberry diagnosed at St Joseph Hospital and recalls Kimberly Landon who died in 1978, with a $41,713 wrongful death verdict in Lorain County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kara Hockenberry
Denise Hockenberry
Kara
Mrs. Hockenberry
Sheffield
Hockenberrys
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Kimberly Jo Landon
Amherst
Kimberly
Howard
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Zodiac signs in famous characters and fairy tales
The piece assigns sun signs to characters such as Snow White Pisces, Scarlett O’Hara Capricorn, Pappillon Scorpio, Dorothy Cancer, Jack in the Beanstalk Sagittarius, Sleeping Beauty Libra, The Brave Little Tailor Gemini, Ali Baba Gemini, Huck Finn Aquarius, Tom Sawyer Aries, Cinderella Leo, Rapunzel Taurus, and Santa Claus Leo. It presents a playful mass astrology game linking myths to zodiac traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow White
Scarlett O'Hara
Vivian Leigh
Taurus
Leo
Scorpio
Aquarius
Dorothy
Rapunzel
Santa Claus
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Eddie Yates
Milan
Eric
Kara Hockenb
Erry
Denise
Bob Bailie
Pappillon
Devil’s Island
Steve McQueen
Gemini
Ali Baba
the Forty Thieves
Tom Sawyer
Pat Geisler
Star Time