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Keeping
tabs on what children eat is a challenge for most parents at the best of
times but having three children with diabetes, the food issues are the tip of
the ice berg. |
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It
was at this point that the world came crashing down. Our baby girl was
diagnosed with type1 diabetes. Samantha was being treated for burns, we had
been travelling to Westmead Children's Hospital for daily dressings. I
mentioned to one of the nurses that Samantha was drinking large amounts of
water and loosing weight. I put it down to being dehydrated from the burns.
Samantha was given a blood test and thought nothing else of it. But I will
never forget the moment we were told. Nine
Years Later Along
came Ryan and Jacob. Life was extremely busy, with twice the nappies, double
the feeds and we rarely slept. Our boys were premature along came more
complications that went with having 'premmie babies'. The first 12months were
a little blurry, but through this time Samantha remained my hero. She would
lie on the floor at the hospital to inject herself, do her homework and kept
herself occupied. When I think of a hero I think of my daughter, Samantha is
the one who inspirers me. |

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Diabetes From A
Mother’s Eyes |
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PHOTO TAKEN FROM ILLAWARRA MERCURY |