Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A SLEEPOVER with friends is something many children take for granted, but until recently even this simple social pleasure was difficult for Steph Harris.
Five years ago, a diagnosis of Type One (insulin dependent) diabetes turned her world and that of her family upside down, as they struggled to stabilise a condition that at its worst caused her to have three 'hypos' - low blood sugar episodes - a day.
Steph, 11, from Caldicot, was just six years old when diagnosed. Despite a daily regimen of insulin injections, her fluctuating condition meant mum Elaina Harris had to give up work to look after her.
In the past few months however, Mrs Harris says her daughter is "a different girl", happier, healthier, more confident, all because of a device the size of a mobile phone.
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/ne...ed_from_injections_is____a_different_girl___/
Five years ago, a diagnosis of Type One (insulin dependent) diabetes turned her world and that of her family upside down, as they struggled to stabilise a condition that at its worst caused her to have three 'hypos' - low blood sugar episodes - a day.
Steph, 11, from Caldicot, was just six years old when diagnosed. Despite a daily regimen of insulin injections, her fluctuating condition meant mum Elaina Harris had to give up work to look after her.
In the past few months however, Mrs Harris says her daughter is "a different girl", happier, healthier, more confident, all because of a device the size of a mobile phone.
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/ne...ed_from_injections_is____a_different_girl___/