Holly’s Presentation at Assembly

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My name is Holly and I am seven years old.  I am Type 1 Diabetic and November 14th was World Diabetic Awareness Day.  Nobody knows the causes for Type 1 Diabetes yet but it is NOT from eating too much sugar. It is an auto-immune disease.  When I was four years old, my pancreas stopped producing insulin.  Without insulin, the glucose from the food I eat stays in my blood, making me feel very unwell.  People with Type 1 Diabetes have to inject insulin into their bodies every day to stay alive.  I used to get six injections a day but now I have a pump attached to my body which gives me my insulin.  I have to prick my finger lots of times every day to check my blood.  If the glucose level is too low, I can go unconscious.  If it is too high, it’s also very dangerous.

                                                                          Type 1 Diabetes is not contagious; nor do you develop it from eating too much sugar.  There is no cure for Type 1 Diabetes but people with it can grow up to be anything that they want to be in life.  Maybe I’ll grow up and find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes.

                                                                          I am so lucky, my family, my friends, my teacher Ms. Frayne, my SNA Niamh and everyone here in St. Fiacc’s look after me so well.

Thank you for reading my story,

Holly

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