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Shockers

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Taylor was the cutest little softball player ever!  She has a great swing and got on base almost every time.  She is also great at playing 3rd base.  I think she has found her sport!

Hinckley is Diagnosed with Diabetes

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March 9, 2017 our lives changed forever. I had plans to take my grandma to the relief society birthday dinner, but had asked Garrett to take Hinckley to the night walk in at our pediatric office.  I just had a feeling it couldn't wait. Hinckley had been acting really strange for a few months.  Losing weight, eating and drinking constantly, very irritable. She had also developed a rash on her bum.   Half way through dinner I got a call from Garrett telling me that they were rushing Hinckley to the E.R. They had tested her for diabetes, and their blood sugar meter only went to 600, and it had hit that.  I asked another relief society sister to take my grandma home and rushed to the hospital.  Her blood sugar was 795, and she had gone into ketosis. Her cells had been starving for about 3 months.  They decided her numbers were low enough that they didn't need to fly her to Primary Children's Hospital and she was taken by ambulance to the Children's unit at the other Hospit