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Our 9 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes back in February. He was drinking loads, getting thinner, very tired and so thirsty all the time and going for a wee like 3 times in half an hour. He also had a distinct smelling breath like pears. Aswell as sluggish, moody, crying loads, clingy. All the things hes never really done before. All the warning signs that we had and had checked at the doctors to be told it will be a bug... turns out he was in DKA. Ill let you google what that means. But short of it is, its life threatening and he had maybe 48 hours left before it became severe if left untreated. Please get your child tested if they show the 4 T's. TIRED, THIRSTY, THINNING, TOILET !!!!! Get a finger prick at the doctors and thats all it takes to rule it out.

Leon wants to raise money for diabetes so we would like to raise as much as we can. We will try and do this once or twice a year. Starting off at £500. If you could spare 50p or a £1 that would be absolutely fantastic please. Leon is the kid that would do anything for anyone. We are so proud that hes wanting to raise these funds. He will be walking/running 31 miles throughout August to help gain sponsors to raise these funds For Diabetes UK. I believe Teighan will also be taking part too doing the exact same amount of miles.

Thank you for reading. Please look out for the signs TIRED,, THIRSTY ,, THINNING,, TOILET .

Thank you to anyone who donates. It means a lot xx