March 15th 20019 marked Samuel's 10th year of living with type 1 diabetes. I asked him a few months back to write something for me to post about what having type 1 diabetes meant to him. He didn't want to do it then so I didn't push it. I thought I would ask again and this is what he wrote:
" 10 Years with diabetes: My name is Samuel Warrington. I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 4 on March 15th 2009. It changed my life completely. I had to be driven to hospital in the back of an ambulance. However, the support that I had from my mum and dad made me feel a little bit better about having it, but it did mean that I wasn't allowed sleepovers or a lot of sweets or sugary stuff. When we moved to UCLH it made life easier for my mum, me and my family. Prof Hindmarsh is a really amazing consultant who knows everything about type 1 diabetes and who set up and manages my insulin pump. I also got to meet a cool diabetic person who is now my diabetic pump buddy. Her name is Kita and on August 7th 2012 we got our first pumps together. It was really nice that I didn't have to go through it alone. 4 years later we got a pump upgrade that we were super excited about. Then on January 13th 2018 my sister Victoria was diagnosed. The family was a bit confused as it had come out of nowhere. She is very lucky that she has me as a brother as I can fully understand how she feels when her sugar is high or low. I am now currently 14 years old and I am happy that I have such caring people around me. "
I am really proud of how well Samuels deals with his condition. He plays football, is excelling in school and doesn't let him stop him doing anything he wants to.
My mom told me when I was diagnosed that I could do anything I wanted. I took her word for it.
ReplyDeleteMy mom said she wished she had tempered her enthusiasm a little. :)