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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Hello, everyone! My daughter is 9 and she was diagnosed with Type 1 this year. We were frightened at first, but after 5 days in hospital we felt better - mainly because all nurses and doctors were so friendly and helpful!
Then we just had to adjust to the new lifestyle. Our child dreams of being a vet and she actually behaves like a real doctor - started injecting herself on the second day in hospital.
We don't really have problems at the moment. But sometimes people react in a funny way, especially when they heard of your kid's diagnosis for the first time. One taxi driver, for example, who saw my child making an injection in the airport, spent nearly all the time to our house talking about how horrible this world is with so many diseases around; finally I had to stop him. And that's just one example - I have many more from my friends who also have diabetes...
People sometimes just don't realise what they say, it's not that they are bad, they just don't take time to think before they talk. And often it hurts.
So for our Lisa (and other people) I drew these pictures. I'm not great at drawing, I'm learning, so... ))
Then we just had to adjust to the new lifestyle. Our child dreams of being a vet and she actually behaves like a real doctor - started injecting herself on the second day in hospital.
We don't really have problems at the moment. But sometimes people react in a funny way, especially when they heard of your kid's diagnosis for the first time. One taxi driver, for example, who saw my child making an injection in the airport, spent nearly all the time to our house talking about how horrible this world is with so many diseases around; finally I had to stop him. And that's just one example - I have many more from my friends who also have diabetes...
People sometimes just don't realise what they say, it's not that they are bad, they just don't take time to think before they talk. And often it hurts.
So for our Lisa (and other people) I drew these pictures. I'm not great at drawing, I'm learning, so... ))