For a parent of an eight-year-old with type 1 diabetes (T1D), trial and error is a way of life. There are so many variables to take into account when managing T1D that what seems like the same action taken on two different days can lead to completely different results.

Scientists argue there is no such thing as a failed experiment because learning what doesn’t work is a necessary step to learning what does.

The unpredictability of living with type 1 diabetes is itself a lesson in patience. But, like research in the lab, the experiment must go on. We try something new, we get the results and we adapt. It’s the field experiment that never ends. That’s how we roll.

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