Type1 Superstar ✨Charlie✨

Charlie was diagnosed on the 3rd of June 2022. he was 3 years old, a week prior to his diagnosis he was unwell on and off, we thought he had gastro until the night of june 3rd, he was vomiting, then he went to bed as he normally would, every 10-15 minutes he would wake up vomiting, he was constantly thirsty asking for water after water which was usual for him.. he was also urinating a lot, it wasn’t until around 11pm he’d woken up and around his lips were blue so an ambulance was rung, they came straight away where they had checked his sugars and they come back of a high level of 65 and he had ketones of 6.5, he was in DKA.. it was very confronting for me as i had no idea the signs or symptoms of T1D..

I was told if we left him any longer than 30 minutes, he wouldn’t be here today.. it haunts me everyday to think i may have lost my little boy in such a small amount of time.

We were transferred the next morning to Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, Sydney where he spent a week getting life saving treatment and where we started learning about everything to keep him alive, to the multiple daily injections, CGM insertions ect..

Charlie is now 5 years old, he has adjusted to his new normal quite well.. but as always, some days come with struggles which include high or low BGL, CGM failures, corrections doses of insulin, getting woken up during the night for juice because he’s low

Charlie has also recently been diagnosed with Epilepsy which has been hard on both him and I, but I am forever proud of how strong he is and how well he has taken all of this on at such a young age!

He will forever be my superhero