Lucie Quest

BeaOs diabetes Lucie Quest

From diagnosis to starting school, this book provides the reader with practical tips and recommendations as well as addressing some pre-conceptions in diabetes care and equipment. The author has written from a mumÕs perspective describing events in her own daughterÕs life, discussing emotions including fear and guilt that are all too commonly felt by parents. Caring for a child with type 1 diabetes can be an up-hill struggle with many obstacles. The author has written an honest book giving advice drawn from her own experiences. She has covered day-to-day care including hypo treatment, carbohydrate counting and eating out as well as developmental stages such as toilet training, travelling, sport, moving from pens to pump and school.