… have done a number of public service announcements with Walker, and they are personally involved in the cause. Which includes going to Washington every couple years to talk to congress about the realities of the disease and the need for research.
“I just tell them a little bit about who we are as a family and who Walker is,” Allen said. “Basically giving a human side to the story — diabetes is not just a word or a disease, there are people who fight every day to keep their children alive. There are families all across America like that.
“I’m just a dad just trying to make sure his son gets the proper care that he deserves and hope that one day they find a cure,” reiterates Allen. “It just so happens that I do have a high profile job and I walk into a room of high profile people and let them know this what I deal with regardless of what I’m dealing with professionally.”
Ray Allen: “How Diabetes Almost Killed My Son” was originally published on blackdoctor.org
