Patient Stories

Mark is a competitive athlete with type 1 diabetes. He is committed to playing football and works hard to manage and control his diabetes with help from the Diabetes Center for Children at CHOP.

Meet Michael, a premier heavyweight wrestling champ who also has type 1 diabetes. Michael is being treated at the Diabetes Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Living with type 1 diabetes themselves, Michelle Alemi, Julia Sautter and Cate Mars supported and educated young people newly diagnosed with the disorder at a recent Diabetes Parent Support Network meeting.

After learning from his own experience with type 1 diabetes, Nate Skoubye decided to do his Eagle Scout service project on a program to help other children newly-diagnosed with the condition.

Sixteen-year-old Orlando Tyler is better able to manage his type 1 diabetes with the help of CHOP's Diabetes Center for Children. 

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 3, 8-year-old twins Sarah and Elizabeth now have control of their disease — thanks to the specialists at CHOP's Diabetes Center.

With the help of CHOP's Diabetes Center, his school nurse and his love for running, Shiden has managed to stay healthy and keep his type 1 diabetes under control.

Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when he was 12, O'Dell Richardson has benefited from treatment and advice from the staff at CHOP's Diabetes Center for Children.

Diagnosed prenatally with the abdominal wall defect gastroschisis, Vincenzo’s family traveled to CHOP for delivery and expert surgical repair. See how he's doing 10 years later.

When the Lockhead family decided to adopt a baby girl with Hirschsprung's disease from China, they sought advice from CHOP's International Adoption Health Program.