How to talk to your child about a diabetes diagnosis
If there’s one thing anyone who has ever been given a diabetes diagnosis will tell you it’s that the condition [...]
When Daddy ran 150 miles across the Sahara Desert: what happened next
This is a story about type 1 diabetes, a 150-mile foot race across the Sahara Desert and an unlikely cover [...]
Why I’m running the Great South Run
They say if you can't beat them, join them. After watching from the side lines as Misery Guts competes in [...]
Type 1 diabetes and us
'I feel like I've beaten diabetes'. That's what Misery Guts said to me when he crossed the finish line of [...]
Milk & doughnuts: the BEST home remedy for kids
BB’s got pneumonia. It all started innocently enough – she began complaining of a tummy ache and seemed a bit [...]
The fact is it isn’t safe to leave the kids with daddy overnight
Last weekend I spent my first night away from Little B. I went on a longed-for spa break for my mum's birthday, and while [...]
Is getting your baby’s stem cells frozen as an ‘insurance policy’ a good idea?
As a journalist I meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. This week I met a mum, [...]
‘Daddy’s diawetic’
At the grand old age of two years and eight months – and after hearing about a two year old on the news who managed to dial 999 after his mummy collapsed – I’ve realised it’s high time to teach BB what to do if the same thing ever happens to Misery Guts, who’s Type 1 diabetic. It’s an unlikely scenario to occur when the two of them are awake and on their own, given that during waking hours Misery Guts can generally feel his blood sugar levels dipping and bring them up again before having a fit or becoming unconscious, but not impossible. So to avoid complicating the situation we’ve added an ‘emergency call’ button to our mobile phones so all BB has to do is touch the button and then the picture of the green phone that appears. After a week of practising she knows that if she ever can’t wake daddy up she should press the buttons, tell the person that answers that daddy won’t wake up and that he’s ‘diawetic’. She can even say her name and address. […]
