type 1 diabetes in children - anyone been through this?

[nicky's nails]

sorry to bother you, but if anyone has any experience of dealing with type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes in young children, please can you pm me, i need any advice you can give me right now, im stuck home with my boys while hubby is in hosp with my 6 yr old daughter who is seriously ill right now,

any advuce gratefully recieved, how much is this going to impact on us? dr's warned us tomorrow will be long hard day when they start explainign it to us, so would like to be forewarned iykwim

thanks guys

 

[Peter Pan]

sorry to bother you, but if anyone has any experience of dealing with type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes in young children, please can you pm me, i need any advice you can give me right now, im stuck home with my boys while hubby is in hosp with my 6 yr old daughter who is seriously ill right now,

any advuce gratefully recieved, how much is this going to impact on us? dr's warned us tomorrow will be long hard day when they start explainign it to us, so would like to be forewarned iykwim

thanks guys

cant offer advice flower as ive never had to deal with this, but i will be thinking about you - i know you will get lots of replies saying they cant help but WE ARE THINKING OF YOU - those that can help - WILL- just believe fllower - your little one will come thro - BELIEVE THAT:hug:

 

[CadenceAlex]

My friend recently discovered her Son was the same. He is Type 1 and is now 8 years old.

He is fine with it now, initially angry and upset 'why me', and his Mum has to really conrol his diet. She found out that the Diabetes explained alot of his behaviour, mood swings etc ..

She gives him the Insulin, I am not sure if he can do it himself yet.. but he still carries on in school almost the same. He played at Tranmere the other day for his school football team

You must be very worried at the moment, but in time it will all settle down and you Daughter will cope. And eating healthily can be good for all of the family :hug:

 

[Coppertop]

Oh hun, really sorry to hear this.
My neice has type 1 and has had is for about 6 years, she's 9 now and has a pump to dose the insulin.

He's only young so it'll effect you more than him so just make sure that you get all the info you need on it from the dr's and i'm not sure but there may be support groups too which will be a great help for you if you're needing to chat.

Hope he's feeling much better soon hun and you find someone who knows how you are feeling to chat about it to :hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug: