Team Mabel
Chris Rouse is raising money for Breakthrough T1D
Participants: Saffron van Zwanenberg, Luke van Zwanenberg, Tony Rouse, Alistair Rouse, Peter Rouse, Jo Rouse, James Redpath, Mark Davies and Rachel Ogden
Story
WE DID IT!!! Everyone crossed the line, in various times of course. Worth a mention (and some extra cash if you have it!) are, James, the youngest, who did it in 1hour 26 mins and came 337th out of a field of 50'000! and Tony, the eldest, who did it in 2.09 and came 65th in his age category!
We all had a great time and, though hobbling a bit today, are thrilled with our achievements!
Thank you all for your fabulous support!!! xxxxxxx
Have you heard the one about the opera singer, the policeman, the accountant, the prayer house co-ordinator, the pyschologist, the outreach officer, the teacher and the lawyer????
They all have a daughter/niece/grandaughter/stepniece called Mabel who is type 1 diabetic.
Mabel was diagnosed when she was two, she is now six. She has to suffer a relentless daily routine of blood tests (about 8-10 a day) and has insulin via her insuliin pump which she has to wear at all times and is connected to her body through a cannula that is changed every 2-3 days and is inserted on a 2 inch needle. She never has a holiday from diabetes or takes a break, she lives with it 24 hours a day 365 days a year. It is not because of anything she did, it is genetic and a preordained auto-immune condition, which is on the rise alarmingly in the under 5's for no apparent reason. (It is not type 2!!!!)
It is not the constant risk of hypo's (low blood sugar) which could result in coma and fitting, or the constant risk of hyper's (high blood sugar) which could result in DKA and organ failure, all of which could result in a death, unplanned and unprepared for. Rather it is the risk of the long term complications that keeps her parents awake at night, the possibility of blindness, heart disease, amputation, a life shortened by at least 10 years, the things that because she was so young when she was diagnosed have all the more time to build up in her tiny frame.
That's the shit news! The good news is that we, her family, say NO to this, we will do all we can to make sure this vile condition is booted into history where it belongs! The JDRF have already made great strides in research, a project they funded in Glasgow recently identified the virus that triggers the condition and the next step will be a vaccine. Too late for Mabel, but not for the children still to be diagnosed, who in third world countries are left to die because no-one can afford insulin let alone blood testing equipment so vital to managing the condition. The next steps will include an artificial pancreas and as a result a virtual cure. Perhaps not in our lifetime but probably in hers.
Because of this we are running the Great North Run in Newcastle on September the 19th, all 13.2 miles. Some of us run a lot some of us run a little, but we are united in running for Mabel, and Deborah and William and Tess and Matt, and all of the others just like them.
Please help us to help the JDRF and make a difference, it really will.
Saffron (Mum), Luke (Uncle), Tony (Granpa), Alistair (Uncle), Pete (Uncle), Jo (Auntie), James (step uncle), Rachel (step auntie), Mark (step uncle). xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We all had a great time and, though hobbling a bit today, are thrilled with our achievements!
Thank you all for your fabulous support!!! xxxxxxx
Have you heard the one about the opera singer, the policeman, the accountant, the prayer house co-ordinator, the pyschologist, the outreach officer, the teacher and the lawyer????
They all have a daughter/niece/grandaughter/stepniece called Mabel who is type 1 diabetic.
Mabel was diagnosed when she was two, she is now six. She has to suffer a relentless daily routine of blood tests (about 8-10 a day) and has insulin via her insuliin pump which she has to wear at all times and is connected to her body through a cannula that is changed every 2-3 days and is inserted on a 2 inch needle. She never has a holiday from diabetes or takes a break, she lives with it 24 hours a day 365 days a year. It is not because of anything she did, it is genetic and a preordained auto-immune condition, which is on the rise alarmingly in the under 5's for no apparent reason. (It is not type 2!!!!)
It is not the constant risk of hypo's (low blood sugar) which could result in coma and fitting, or the constant risk of hyper's (high blood sugar) which could result in DKA and organ failure, all of which could result in a death, unplanned and unprepared for. Rather it is the risk of the long term complications that keeps her parents awake at night, the possibility of blindness, heart disease, amputation, a life shortened by at least 10 years, the things that because she was so young when she was diagnosed have all the more time to build up in her tiny frame.
That's the shit news! The good news is that we, her family, say NO to this, we will do all we can to make sure this vile condition is booted into history where it belongs! The JDRF have already made great strides in research, a project they funded in Glasgow recently identified the virus that triggers the condition and the next step will be a vaccine. Too late for Mabel, but not for the children still to be diagnosed, who in third world countries are left to die because no-one can afford insulin let alone blood testing equipment so vital to managing the condition. The next steps will include an artificial pancreas and as a result a virtual cure. Perhaps not in our lifetime but probably in hers.
Because of this we are running the Great North Run in Newcastle on September the 19th, all 13.2 miles. Some of us run a lot some of us run a little, but we are united in running for Mabel, and Deborah and William and Tess and Matt, and all of the others just like them.
Please help us to help the JDRF and make a difference, it really will.
Saffron (Mum), Luke (Uncle), Tony (Granpa), Alistair (Uncle), Pete (Uncle), Jo (Auntie), James (step uncle), Rachel (step auntie), Mark (step uncle). xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx