On 31 december 2010 our lives chages forever when our 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, at first they started her on 2 injections a day which was not effective, so they changed to 4 injections a day and after months of trial and error we found it was the same. Ella now wears an insulin pump which is attached to her 24 hours a day and a canula is inserted under her skin which we have to change every 2 days. Ella will be insulin dependant for the rest of her life unless a cure is found, but because ella is 3 (2 when diagnosed) she is at greater risk of having lond term complictaions in the futur.

Ella is a very bright little girl who always has a smile on her face and makes everyone laugh:) but when her blood sugars are too high or too low which is often the case because of her size, it really affects her, she feels unwell and gets very upset, but its so hard as we cannot sit her down and explain whats going on.

It has been a very big challenge to say the least, we have to check ellas blood glucose level upto ten times a day and once in the middle of the night, treat hypos, test for ketones as this can lead to diabetic ketoacidosis which can be fatal if not treated, and give insulin with everything she eats.

We want to try and raise money for diabetes uk to try and improve the quality of lives for people with this life threatening condition, and the charity also funds research into different treatments and potential methods for curing diabetes, we will do everything we can to help, so please even if its the smallest donation it all helps, thank you xxx