St. ANSGAR, IA--
About a year ago Molly Krahenbuhl learned she's different from other kids at her school. “I was actually wondering about how the kids at school would treat me,” she said. “Like some kids got jealous that I got snacks a lot.”She says she's the only one in her school district with type one diabetes. “Sometimes I feel like that I don't even want diabetes because I get mad that I have to take all the insulin and the blood sugar and all that,” she said.
There are others Molly can relate to. When she agreed to share her story with us, we agreed to bring along anchor Sarah Danik. Molly wanted to meet her, because Sarah has diabetes, as well.
The 10-year-old says she likes to garden and play with friends. “I can't play as much because I have to eat at certain times,” she said.
She's been growing pumpkins for a few years now. In the past Molly gave the full grown gourds to relatives. But this fall she's trying something different. “Once I got diabetes my dad and I decided we should donate the money for, to help find a cure,” she said.
She's raised more than 60 pumpkins to sell and the biggest weighs in well over a hundred pounds. “We're going to pick all the pumpkins and we are going to be selling them for two dollars for a small pumpkin, three dollars for a large pumpkin,” she said.
They'll be donating the money to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
“She's a go getter usually, so it just is another notch for her,” said her dad, Chris Krahenbuhl. “So she hasn't let it slow her down.”
Molly says she'll feel great if the money she raises helps to find a cure. “I asked my mom that if they do find a cure, I would get it as my Christmas present or my birthday present,” she said.
