A nurse is providing patient education to a 13-year-old girl who was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements by the patient will alert the nurse that special instructions regarding insulin are necessary?
A) "I walk two blocks to school every day."
B) "I am on the middle school track team."
C) "We live in a two-story house."
D) "My mother is going to give me my insulin."
B
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