After speaking with other parents on the list it seems that lots of children do celebrate it - but it is done because the child has managed to get through another tough year and the celebration is to also say thankyou to them for coping so well - so I have just been out and bought some more clothes, and itunes voucher and a card (not easy to find a card for this sort of thing so I got a dog saying 'high five' ...he he ).
It was day 13 of Alex being ill that I took him to the walk-in-centre and was told that he was so ill that if I had left it another few hours things would have been very different....all due to our GP telling me this was a virus and not to worry that he was 'drinking for England' - this was a good sign as he wasnt dehydrated.......yeh right - he was just in DKA - so no worries then...
Someone explained that watching our children play, laugh, and carry on with life is what we should be celebrating and it made me think just how much our little ones have to cope with and how little their friends actually *know* about how hard their lives are dealing with this awful condition....Last night Alex and myself were awake 3 times due to unusual hypo's and he still gets up in the morning with a huge smile on his face ready for the day, and that takes strength of character and a strong backbone....a lot like all of you lovely adults on here who do all this on your own - so a big 'well done' from me for coping with this exhausting condition - your all superstars.🙂Bev