Ruby’s story

Type one diabetes, something I’d never thought would happen to my little girl. Something I’d only ever heard the name of once or twice in my life. She was only 2 and half years old and she was fading away in front of me and some how i was blind to it. All the sign where there but id thought that everything was apart of that age group. At the very end i noticed she was drinking and weeing ALOT more than she should be so i went to doctor google, everything starting to hit me…all the signs! so I got her tested ASAP. 5.30pm 11th November 2022 We rushed her to hospital, she was in DKA 6.2. When the words “she’s got type one diabetes” came out of the nurses mouth, it was like a ton of bricks hit us. How could this be our life now? Our life had changed, we had so much to learn in such a small amount of time. Food changes, counting, needles, hypos, highs, the list was endless. I had no idea how i was going to do this, i was so scared. After 6 months of being jabbed by a million needles, she was lucky enough to go on an insulin pump! Less needles more freedom! So to make her cool accessory look more groovy, i started making pump belts! And I’d love to share our creations with you all. Bring a little bit of joy is all i want to do 💙