Almost a year after being diagnosed at age 7, my doctors felt I was ready for the responsibility of an insulin pump. Diabetes technology had come so far over the years and was helping diabetics all over the world, so why not let this 7-year-old striving to live a normal 7-year-old life try it out? My first pump was a Medtronic Minimed in 2002 and from then until 2019, I rarely went more than 3 days without the pump quite literally by my side. So in 2019, I decided to switch t