How to know if your child has Type One Diabetes….. It has been five weeks to the day since twin girl was dramatically rushed into A & E, in five weeks she has injected 140 life saving insulin injections into her arms, legs and tummy. (I also do one in her bottom but she doesn’t…
D is for diabetes – forever is a very long time….
It is 5.39am and it looks like sleep has left me for another woman as my eyes refuse to close and my mind is racing. Two days have passed since the world tiped on its axis once more. The last two days have been a practice for what will become real life, I have new…
day 3: bay 14
One thing they never tell you about hospitals is that they exist outside of time. One minute in the real world is about a day in hospital land; so consequently BB and I have been living in Bay 14 for years and years. The nurses must take some kind of drug to protect themselves from…
Epilepsy: BB’s Secret World….
Her eyes became fixed, her face relaxed and somewhere inside her small, perfectly formed little head her mind wandered off casually for a moment or two. Taking BB to her secret place that only her and her epilepsy know about. A smile broke out upon my face, for the first time knowing my daughter was…
I thought they were over, I was wrong
BB had another seizure; Its astonishing really how quickly you can adjust to living with a condition. My heart raced but not as fast as the first time, my eyes leaked but not as long and not as hysterical as before.