McGrath Family Transcript

Submission reel
Jo Frost: I’m in Hamlin New York because of the family who have a unique situation as I said I hope so let’s take a look

Tammy: Hi, We are the McGrath Family. I’m Tammy

Bill: I’m Bill

Tammy: We have three kids

Bill: Paige is 9

Tammy: Aiden is 5

Bill: Liam is 4

Tammy: Aiden come get a shot real quick and then we can play OK!

Bill: Aiden with diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes eight months ago

Tammy: These are little car plate It’s something no mother wants to hear

Tammy: I happen to have a father who died of diabetes at age 46 so It’s really all I ever feared as a mother’s s to have one of my children be diagnosed with diabetes

Tammy: Didn’t I do that one

Bill: No completely life altering we have to prick his finger four or five times per day to find out if his sugars high or low

Tammy: Your low! Let’s get something to eat

Bill: We calculate how many carbs he adjusted

Bill: How many carbs on a pizza

Tammy: 25 at the most

Bill: And then we figure out how much insulin to give him

Bill: He’s getting two units

Jo: Look at that little chappy very courageous

Bill: It’s just very scary cuz It’s like threatening

Tammy: I already checked your sugar we have to go eat

Tammy: Please let’s go eat! Do you want to get sick you need to eat your body needs to eat

Jo: He knows that his parents are worried about him needing to eat and now he’s helping food to ransom

Tammy: You do not hit see don’t throw toys

Tammy: Liam is instigator you don’t say I hate you I’m stupid sit

Bill: Liam knows how to push buttons in people

Tammy: Don’t hit me! Do not hit me! Stop!

Bill: Aiden is very sensitive

Bill: If you stand up

Bill: You tell him to do something he pretty much has a meltdown

Bill: Aiden gets very frustrated and very upset over the diabetes

Tammy: You better not spit on my floor

Jo I’ve never that are stuggling with the diabetes

Jo: That’s my excuse for not discplining their children

Bill: eliminating pretty much go toe to toe

Tammy: They do a lot of fighting and i do a lot of the breaking up the fighting that just seems like all day is just a screaming mad

Tammy: This is going in the garbage

Tammy: Do you want me to call Dad

Tammy: Now you’re here for the rest of the day

Bill: I’m hoping that we can find one form of discpline that works

Bill you take a timeout do you want to hit me

Liam: I didn’t hit you

Bill You hit me in the head bud

Liam: No

Bill: Yeah

Liam: No

Bill: Yeah

Liam: No

Bill: Yeah

Jo: Oh my word

Jo What a pathetic excuse for timeouts

Paige: No

Aiden: Yes

Tammy: I feel paige is really frustrated we asked a lot of her and i think she has a lot on her shoulders a lot of responsibilty than the nine year old shouldn’t have

Paige: Stop following me Liam

Tammy: Can you play together

Tammy: She is suffering in ways that we probably don’t know

Jo: I’m gonna have to do something about that

Tammy: We have to pare it together we have to be on the same team work

Tammy: We’re not really fighting you know please don,t talk wait like our communication is like zero

Jo: You can’t pattern if you’re not prepared to talk to one another

Bill: Why are you acting like this

Tammy: You’re in timeout and I mean it sit

Tammy: Besides has really taken a toy on her family

Tammy: Sit I had it

Tammy: I just want so much for this to be better

Tammy: Why are you being so difficult

Tammy: Supernanny we really are desperate for your help

Bill: Because we’re fighting a losing battle

Tammy: Please hurry and get here and help this family

Jo: Mom & Dad I know things seem hopeless but their not hopes on its way

Jo: I’ll be there soon