Insulin Pump Users

Some of you will remember Kevin Kolkhorst who was on this list for awhile. He
wrote the post about his 5 y/o dtr. and how DM is not good nor a wake-up call.
He was dx’d with DM at 15. He and his dtr. both have pumps. I corresponded
with him a few times and he also joined another two lists I was on.

I still mailed him stuff, and one day this spring his wife posted me asking if
I knew anything about him. Also, the Nasau Co. Police Dept. called me asking
what I knew of him. He and his wife had had a few words and he left
without any more info. He left all his pump supplies and insulin. I told the
detective he would have to have an Rx to get them, as well as Humalog if he
was using it. They had no clue.

Yesterday I received an e-mail from his wife asking me to call her. I tried
this a.m. and she wasn’t available, then this afternoon I tried and her father
answered. He asked how he could help? I told him I was from the internet and

she had asked me to call. He inquired if I was *the lady from the midwest* and
said she probably wanted to tell me they found his body in the trunk of his
car at a hospital parking garage - for 2.5 months. It was determine a suicide.

He leaves the DMer dtr. (6.5), a 2.5 y/o boy, and a 1 y/o girl. The best thing
is, it’s over and she doesn’t have to wait 7 years to declare him dead. The
detective told me they find bodies in the East River often but had no clues
about him. It was a complete puzzle and very hard on
his wife not knowing anything.

I thought I’d let those who remembered him know about this.

J@n

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