July 22, 2012 Updated Jul 20, 2012 at 4:47 PM PDT <\/p>\n
Talk to Rylee Stark for a few minutes and you can learn a lot about her. <\/p>\n
\"I am 8-years-old, my favorite color is pink, and I do like fashion, a lot,\" she says. <\/p>\n
Part of her fashion is a little pink pocket on her tank top she's wearing, that hides a secret. <\/p>\n
\"I'm able to do hula hoop, and do cartwheels, and I don't have to worry about it falling out,\" says Rylee <\/p>\n
The fashion-meets-function pocket was her mom's idea. <\/p>\n
\"I wanted something that wouldn't be a conversation piece and would make her feel like everybody else,\" says Corrie Stark. <\/p>\n
And it seems to work. <\/p>\n
Watching Rylee play soccer and run around in her back yard, you'd never know this little girl with Type 1 diabetes has an insulin pump attached to her abdomen. <\/p>\n
\"I wanted her to be able to play soccer, jump rope, hula hoop, and ride a bike without worry about it falling out,\" says her mom. Because if it falls out, it could pull that port out of her stomach.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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