A long and challenging adventure

My daughter developed Type 1 diabetes when she was three years old, while we were holidaying in Australia. We didn’t find out until we got back and visited our GP, who checked her urine a few times as she didn’t believe the results.

We were sent straight to hospital, where we stayed for a week – trying to get her levels sorted and learn all about living with diabetes. That was just the start of a very long, challenging adventure.

I have taken work at my daughter’s school to be on-hand if they need me, especially now she is on four injections a day and needs one at lunch. My husband has had to go part-time to help out, as he works nights and as she still needs checking and maybe waking for food during the night it gets a bit much for me.

My daughter has been in hospital several times with severe hypos, usually brought on by sickness bugs caught at school. We tend to go in as a precaution when she starts vomiting so they can prepare her for a drip if need be.

I am incredibly grateful for all the help and support we have received. Our Diabetic nurses and consultants are great and we still speak every week.

Lucy in Australia just before diagnosis