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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A WIGAN youngster has thanked a school helper whose quick-thinking almost certainly saved her life.
Abbygail Hilton was on a school trip to Manchester with Hindley Junior and Infant School when parent helper Christine Edwardson - herself a diabetic - noticed she was showing signs of diabetes. Christine, 41, a community fund-raiser for Wigan and Leigh Hospice, told Abbygail’s grandma Jean Hilton to take her immediately to hospital where doctors diagnosed her with diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition.
Jean, 63, said: “I picked Abbygail up from her school trip and Christine said she’d been watching her and was concerned.
“Christine had her diabetes testing kit with her and took a reading of Abby’s blood sugar levels which were 31 at first and 33 on the second reading.
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/loca...betic-girl-taken-ill-on-school-trip-1-6648891
Well spotted Christine! 🙂
Abbygail Hilton was on a school trip to Manchester with Hindley Junior and Infant School when parent helper Christine Edwardson - herself a diabetic - noticed she was showing signs of diabetes. Christine, 41, a community fund-raiser for Wigan and Leigh Hospice, told Abbygail’s grandma Jean Hilton to take her immediately to hospital where doctors diagnosed her with diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition.
Jean, 63, said: “I picked Abbygail up from her school trip and Christine said she’d been watching her and was concerned.
“Christine had her diabetes testing kit with her and took a reading of Abby’s blood sugar levels which were 31 at first and 33 on the second reading.
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/loca...betic-girl-taken-ill-on-school-trip-1-6648891
Well spotted Christine! 🙂
