Welcome to another “Quick 10”. This feature will be a quick 10 question interview with a T1D hockey player. If you are interested in being featured in a Quick 10 blog please email us at [email protected] or send us a message on Facebook!
Name: Brendan Eskridge
Age: 9, almost 10
Location: St. Louis
Team: Kirkwood Stars
Number: 27
Position: Winger and defense (I like to mix it up)
Right or Left Handed: Right
1. Favorite Hockey Team: St. Louis Blues
2. Favorite Hockey Player: Vladimir Tarasenko
3. Favorite thing about playing hockey: Having fun and scoring goals
4. How long have you had Diabetes: almost eight months (diagnosed 3/31/17)
5. Worst thing about having Diabetes: Getting injections, being low, or super duper high
6. Favorite Pre or Post game food: Chocolate covered almonds and chocolate covered pumpkin seeds for carbs and protein; a burger for a meal
7. Do you wear an insulin pump or pod: no pump or pod, but I do wear a continuous glucose monitor
8. How did you pick your jersey number: random (had to get an odd number since I’m an odd birth year)
9. If you could play hockey with anyone who would it be: Wayne Gretzky
10. If you could tell people one thing about Diabetes what would it be: It’s really difficult and you always have to adjust
