Sotomayor opens up to children about diabetes
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 23:01
in Psychology & Sociology
The Supreme Court justice talks about growing up with the disease — an experience, she says, that was 'not that different from yours.'The first time Sonia Sotomayor was tested for diabetes, a lab technician sat her down in a big chair and assured her the needle in his hand would not hurt her. "I kept watching this big needle coming to my arm, and I looked at him and I said, 'Oh, it's going to hurt.' "