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Bostyn Pearson, 12, talks about dealing with diabetes during a presentation Tuesday to a Montana State University-Northern nursing class as her mother, Misti Pearson, listens. See more photos at www.havredailynews.com.
Twelve-year old Bostyn Pearson of Fairfield, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 6, spoke to Montana State University-Northern nursing students Tuesday about her condition.
During her presentation, Bostyn, who is visiting schools as part of a school assignment, showed off the insulin pump that was clipped to her dress and had an IV running into her stomach.
"All day long, it's giving a little bit of a drip," Misti Pearson, Bostyn's mother, said.
When people hear of diabetes, they are usually thinking of type 2, Misti Pearson said.
"Ninety-nine percent of the time when...
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