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Rhode Island Football Egg Crack Challenge for Diabetic Fan Makes Lasting Impact

In the middle of a practice huddle with the Rhode Island Rams football team, 11-year-old Matt Tokarski counted off.

"One! Two! Three!" 

The huddle broke. It was one of the best days of Matt's life. 

It was the good kind of counting, too, which is important. For the Tokarski family, there's been far too much of the bad kind. The kind that involves life and death. 

At the age of six, Matt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Unlike Type 2 diabetes, Type 1 is genetic autoimmune disorder. Matt's pancreas naturally produces little to no insulin, so a pump is placed on his arm, which is already covered in scars from injections and catheters.