Type 1 diabetes nearly grounds Maine teenâs dream of becoming a pilot Share Updated: 4:42 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Share Updated: 4:42 PM EDT May 12, 2021
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Show Transcript FRANK TELLS US A DIAGNOSIS OF TYPE ONE DIABETES ALMOST TOOK THAT DREAM AWAY. UP IN THE SKIES. 4:23 AND I DID AN INTRO FLIGHT. AND THEN I WAS LIKE, WOW! I WANT TO DO THIS 4:27 16-YEAR-OLD CASEY RAYMOND DREAMS OF BEING A COMMERCIAL PILOT. THE OXFORD HILLS COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF FLYING LESSONS...WHEN A FAA PHYSICAL EXAM FOUND: SHE HAD TYPE ONE DIABETES. THE AUTO- IMMUNE DISEASE MEANS SHE HAS TO MONITOR HER BLOOD SUGAR AND TAKE INSULIN INJECTIONS TO STAY ALIVE. 1:47 I HAVE TUBINGS THAT I USE. I HAVE A CGM MONITOR THAT BASICALLY.(EDIT TO) 2:02 IT SENDS ME MY BLOOD SUGAR EVERY 5 MINUTES. AND IT WILL ALARM IF IT S EITHER LOW OR HIGH. AND I HAVE AN INSULIN PUMP..2:13 IT LEFT HER WHEELS DOWN - FOR MONTHS. 1:14 SHE HAD
Most teenagers are excited to get their driver’s license, but one Maine teen is working to get her private pilot’s license despite a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes nearly taking that dream away. Casey Raymond, 16, dreams of being a commercial pilot. The Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School junior was in the middle of flying lessons when an FAA physical exam found she had Type 1 diabetes. Sign up for our Newsletters The auto-immune disease means.
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Nurse Cathy Godwin talks with a Poland Regional High School junior Tuesday before giving him a COVID-19 vaccination in the school auditorium. The student said the shot will allow him to remain in school and at his job if he is comes in close contact with someone that has COVID-19. If I needed to quarantine, I would miss work, the unidentified students said. Now I won t need to. Godwin is a nurse at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
POLAND Poland Regional High School junior Latrell Mongo, 16, was among the first in Maine to get a COVID-19 vaccination at school Tuesday.
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Student Katherine Halle gets her first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
School-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics are underway this week in Maine, just as eligibility is opening up to 12 to 15-year-olds.
These clinics mark a shift in strategy away from mass vaccination sites toward pop-up clinics focused on certain populations.
And for school-age students, there s a tight window to get them both doses of the vaccine before school lets out for summer.
MaineHealth hosted its first school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics Tuesday at high schools in Poland and in Norway, where Katherine Hallee is a junior at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The 17-year old was the first student at the clinic to get the shot.