Welcome back everyone.
A group of local children with type one
diabetes are headed to the Padres game
tomorrow for some fun at Petco ,
and it's all made possible by Sn
Diego based technology company Dexcom.
The Padres and nonprofit JDRFVPf
Marketing with Dexcom and Santoro here
this morning this year. More on this.
So glad you are with us here.
Thanks for coming in.
This is quite the experience for the kids.
And this all has to do with a
glucose monitoring device, righ?
Can you talk about that And then
we'll get into the FUN event.
That's right. Yeah.
Dexcom makes a continuous glucoe
monitor or a CGM and it's a smal
device that you can wear that monitors
your blood sugar levels in real time.
And sends it to an app on your e
so you get a read every 5 minut.
So you guys have seen the techny
and helped emerge this technoloy
to make life a lot easier for
people with diabetes, right.
That's right. We're the we're the first maker
of it this and you've got it right here.
OK Wow. That's so tiny. Yeah, it's great.
Wow. You you wear it on your arm and it
it tracks the the glucose levels in real
time and sends that reading to the app.
What's the difference between to
do diabetes for people that just
tuning in and they know maybe a
little bit about it but not not
everything that we. Want everyoo
know? Yeah. So diabetes
is a chronic condition that
that happens when your body
stops producing insulin.
So there's type one,
which is an autoimmune disease,
and then there's type 2,
which is typically diagnosed
later in life and really
affects the the majority of
people who live with diabetes.
Lots of kids go through this, r?
And you guys are making sure tht
they have a fun day coming up h.
Can you tell us about this experience?
That's right. Yeah, we have.
We have a great community
called Dexcom Warriors,
which is people who wear our product and are
just really passionate about connecting.
With other people.
And so we're we're sponsoring an
event this weekend at Petco Par.
We've invited a bunch of kids wo
live with type one diabetes to e
down for behind the scenes tourf
the park and spend the day toge.
And when you say behind the scenes tour,
I was looking at some of the
notes and I mean they get to
see like behind the stadium,
they get to see some of the jer.
I mean this is a really cool
experience for them that they
when most kids don't get to see
it is it's a really special experience.
They get to, they get to
do some batting practice.
One of them will get to throw
out the first pitch. Yeah.
And then they get to really
watch the game together and
hopefully make some new friends
against the Boston Red Sox too.
So hopefully you guys bring some good luck.
Talk about the,
the take away for these kids.
What do you want them to to go
experience the camaraderie with
other kids that are kind of goig
through what they're going thro?
Yeah. Living with living with type one.
These kids live with type one.
And it's a hard disease.
It's it's a hard disease to manage and.
It's just it, I think when theyn
spend the day with other kids wo
understand what it's like to live with
this and who understand what its
like that what they're going through,
It's a great experience for
all of them. And
they're going to meet some fellow athletes
who are doing great things righ,
that are pretty prominent as we.
We talked about that meeting.
That's right. Yeah.
I think that when they can meet
athletes who have gone through
similar experiences of them,
it's they look to them as role models and.
Really that they're they can dos
much as they want with their li.
You know, I'm always so impress.
We have these huge companies
here in San Diego.
They don't always in other
places where I've worked,
do great community outreach.
Dexcom 3000 employees here in Sn
Diego talk about the community
initiative and the outreach andy
that's so important to the comp.
Yeah, Dexcom is based here in San Diego.
We've been here since 1999,
almost 3000 employees.
We're very engaged with a lot of
the local diabetes communities.
This event this weekend
we're doing with JDRF.
So yeah, a lot of a lot of great
presence here in San Diego.
What else does Dexcom do for our
viewers that aren't necessarily familiar
Dexcom partners with with all oe
major diabetes company or all of
the major diabetes advocacy gro,
JDRF beyond type one really just
we're we're committed to spreadg
awareness about what it's like o
live with diabetes and make it a
little bit easier for folks whoo
these kids.
The the monitors and everything,
what are some of the experiences
that you've heard from them,
the feedback that you've
gotten on the monitor and how
it's impacted their lives.
It's life changing.
I mean, it really allows them to
so much more than they ever tho.
11 Really neat feature of the
product is called Follow and
it's for parents or caretakers.
They're able to also follow, you know,
their child or their loved one,
follow their numbers in real ti,
get alerts if they're going
too high or going too low.
So that's really there's a
Peace of Mind there with.
With being able to understand
what's going on,
has that helped save kids from
being in a tough situation?
Absolutely. It has.
It has saved lives in a lot of cases.
And it's also enabled really sml
things like kids being able to
go to a sleepover or play sports
that maybe they couldn't before.
There was real concern there
just to be a kid. That's right. Yeah.
And tell us where people can len
more about this upcoming weekend
Dexcom and all the outreach eff.
Yeah, so people can learn
more at Dexcom Calm.
We've got a lot of information e
about our product, about career.
We're always looking for, for g.
People here in San Diego,
awesome and thanks for coming id
everything you guys are doing at Dexcom.