My diabetic son, my inspiration

Mitchell with Nisim and his dad
Mitchell with Nisim and his dad

When my son Nisim was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of seven, I felt as if the whole world had turned against me, like it was all over for me. I literally felt the whole world crashing down on me. I felt as if life had ended. Devastated and heartbroken were an understatement.

I didn’t know what type 1 diabetes was nor did I know what BG and insulin were.  What I knew was when your child gets sick, you give them medicine and rest and they get better.  This time, I could not make the condition go away; it was there to stay no matter what.

I remember when he was hospitalised at Gaborone Private Hospital for seven days.  He was with his dad as I had to be with our younger one-year-old son, he kept on asking us what diabetes was.

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