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Bill,
Thanks for sharing this letter. I am always moved when I read things like= =20 this and unfortunately I see a lot of them. Who is her mom, someone that=20 works for us in Omaha? Would you please let me know via email. Thanks for supporting her in her cause and efforts. Mike =20 =09Enron North America Corp. =09 =09From: Bill Cordes @ ENRON 07/20/2000 10:58 AM =09 To: Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: =20 Subject: Megan Heckerman's Letter on Juvenile Diabetes Mike I thought you might be interested in seeing this letter. I bet we will= =20 have the biggest turnout ever from Enron in Omaha. Bill ---------------------- Forwarded by Bill Cordes/ET&S/Enron on 07/20/2000=20 10:52 AM --------------------------- =20 =09 =09 =09From: Martha Sumner-Kenney 07/20/2000 09:24 A= M =09 To: NPNG Omaha Office, NPNG Field, ET&S Omaha EDS, ET&S Omaha Office cc: =20 Subject: Megan Heckerman's Letter on Juvenile Diabetes Megan Heckerman (Bambi's daughter) who was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes= =20 has agreed to be this year's honorary Enron Team Captain for the Juvenile= =20 Diabetes Foundation walk (see Megan's letter below). She is anxious for th= is=20 walk to be successful and has asked if she could help kick-off the campaign= =20 by selling "Casual Shorts Week" buttons and signing up walkers and pledges.= =20 Please stop Megan's table in the lobby and say "hi" tomorrow (Friday, July= =20 21) from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Casual Shorts Week buttons cost $5 and will allow the purchaser to wear=20 shorts the entire week prior to the walk (August 7-11) - won't that be nice= =20 considering how HOT August usually is! Hi, My name is Megan Heckerman. I am 11 years old. On August 3, 1999, I was=20 diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. For several weeks before that day= ,=20 I slowly became sicker every day and finally got really scared because I di= dn=01, t know what was wrong with me and my Mom was scared too. I was thirsty, we= nt=20 to the bathroom a lot, started not feeling well and then finally I lost a t= on=20 of weight real fast. When I went to the Doctor my blood sugar was nearly fi= ve=20 times normal.=20 Since August 3rd, my life has changed a lot. I was told when to eat, what = to=20 eat, what NOT to eat and how much to eat. Which is pretty tough to do=20 especially at Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day and Easter= . =20 Mom paid me for my Halloween candy and took it to work, so that was a good= =20 deal. I was told that my genes contained a code for killing the insulin=20 making cells in my pancreas and that all that code needed was probably a=20 virus that I had had last spring to turn it on. My insulin making cells are= =20 gone forever but they tell me that someday they hope there will be a cure.= =20 Since I was diagnosed, every day I test my blood at least four times for=20 sugar and take insulin shots three times a day. I have given myself nearly= =20 1,000 shots and have poked my fingertips for blood nearly 1,400 times and i= t=20 hasn=01,t been even a year! I would love to be normal again and there are = a lot=20 of other people that have diabetes that I=01,m sure you know feel the same = way. =20 So, I am writing to tell you about a project I am working on this year call= ed=20 =01&Walk to Cure Diabetes=018. The Walk for Diabetes helps to raise money t= o find a=20 cure for juvenile diabetes. On August 12, 2000 in Elmwood Park, I will be= =20 walking with my team from Enron called Megan's Marchers. I hope that you= =20 will join my team or sponsor someone on the team. I am hoping we can raise= =20 over $3,000.00 and have at least 20 walkers participate. Please consider=20 signing up to walk, or if you can=01,t then please sponsor the Enron team.= =20 Thank you, Megan Heckerman=20
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