The Children's Diabetes Foundation held a medal ceremony for patients of the Barbara Davis Center who've lived with Type 1 diabetes for 50-years or more. There were 87 medal recipients in the ceremony including Dana Davis, Executive Director of the Children's Diabetes Foundation and the daughter of the founders of the Barbara Davis Center.

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"It's hard to believe that being diagnosed over 50-years-ago led to this building," Davis told CBS News Colorado Anchor Michael Spencer.

Davis got her Type1 diagnosis when she was 7-years-old.

"All I knew is that I was told that I would have to have shots everyday, and I was terrified of shots," she recalled.

Her entire life was turned upside down.

"It was needles that you boiled because they didn't have disposable needles yet. Insulin was impu

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