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Why thrush is a girls best friend…….. (how to spot Type One Diabetes in Children)

How to know if your child has Type One Diabetes….. It has been five weeks to the day since twin girl was dramatically rushed into A & E, in five …

It is 5.39am and it looks like sleep has left me for another woman as my eyes refuse to close and my mind is racing. Two days have passed since …

day 3: bay 14

One thing they never tell you about hospitals is that they exist outside of time. One minute in the real world is about a day in hospital land; so consequently BB and I have been living in Bay 14 for years and years. The nurses must take some kind of drug to protect themselves from the time tear that occurs in here as they all look younger, slimmer and much fresher than I do.

Epilepsy: BB’s Secret World….

Her eyes became fixed, her face relaxed and somewhere inside her small, perfectly formed little head her mind wandered off casually for a moment or two. Taking BB to her secret place that only her and her epilepsy know about. A smile broke out upon my face, for the first time knowing my daughter was having an epileptic absence made me happy.

I thought they were over, I was wrong

BB had another seizure;

Its astonishing really how quickly you can adjust to living with a condition. My heart raced but not as fast as the first time, my eyes leaked but not as long and not as hysterical as before.