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Two Organs Short: Finlay the Athlete
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Friday, June 21, 2013. Over the past five years our family has been helped by a huge range of individuals and groups. In time we hope to be able to give back to as many of these as possible. Recently an opportunity arose to help one of these charities. Here’s the story of how it went:. But this year he turned 5 years old and it was finally his turn. He would get to line up on the start line alongside his brothers and hundreds of other local children. So we se...
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Two Organs Short: So what's the problem? (May be long and a little technical!)
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. So what's the problem? May be long and a little technical! My son has a number of health issues. Although they are somehow linked it's best to describe them separately as that's how we treat them. Gives a good explanation of what a pancreas does. Essentially it does two things, produces hormones, most importantly insulin, and produces digestive enzymes. Finlay at 5 months modelling his pump. Not having the digestive enzymes the pa...
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Two Organs Short: May 2012
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Living Up To His Name. Fortunately there was plenty of middle ground between Vicky and myself that we didn’t spend months vetoing each others choices. 8220;fair-haired courageous one”. Every day he deals with the trials of his condition, the constant testing, medication, the literal highs and lows. But he remains one of the happiest children you could ever meet. Life is just one big exciting adventure for him and he’s go...Is a develo...
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Two Organs Short: February 2012
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Friday, February 24, 2012. A run for anyone's money! Since Finlay's birth we have been helped by so many wonderful people. The debt we owe is larger than we could ever pay back. But that shouldn't stop us trying. I posted previously about how we were able to raise funds for one of the charities that helped us through a photo competition that was won by a photo featuring a 5 month old Finlay. Well we're raising more funds for the @Heart. I've read a number of ...
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Two Organs Short: Diagnosis - Part 3
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Saturday, February 19, 2011. Diagnosis - Part 3. So at last our son was with us. The months of anguish had given way to the joy of a new birth. But this was far from normal. Instead of smiling friends and relatives bearing flowers and teddy bears before the proud parents taking their new child home we were left in a distant city watching our tiny son struggle for life through the walls of an incubator. All smiles from the big brothers. This hit us hard as we ...
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Two Organs Short: The Amazing Pancreas
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Sunday, July 15, 2012. The pancreas is responsible for supply and control of multiple hormones. Not just the all-important insulin but its partner in crime glucagon, as well as somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide. On top of all this the pancreas produces many enzymes that help the body digest food: lipase, amylase, trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastase and carboxypeptidase. An impressive list for such an underestimated organ. When food exits the stomach...
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Two Organs Short: Finlay does it the hard way...again!
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Friday, May 11, 2012. Finlay does it the hard way.again! Finlay underwent surgery this morning to insert a cardiac catheter so they could plan the next step in his care. A minor operation. According to the. Cardiac catheterization is a common medical procedure that rarely causes serious complications.”. Sadly no-one told Finlay. Is a developing skill! So it was a week of a screaming upset baby before the operation went ahead. His PDA was going to have to be c...
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Two Organs Short: Progress
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. I can hardly believe it’s been over six months since I last posted here. I’m glad to report that the dearth of posting is mainly due to there being no major dramas recently. Finlay has just been getting on with life and doing what 4 year olds are supposed to do. So this is just an overdue update for any of you that check in from time to time to see how Finlay is doing. And this year will see him take great strides towards that future&...
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Two Organs Short: Diagnosis - Part 1
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Monday, February 7, 2011. Diagnosis - Part 1. I've read and heard lots of diagnosis stories from parents of Type 1 diabetics. They're usually fairly harrowing tales of long, unresolved illnesses, excessive urination, dehydration, bedwetting which often don't get correctly diagnosed until the child goes into ketoacidosis and ends up in a hospital bed. I can't remember the answer but it wasn't a definite yes. It was then that the enormity hit us. A few tear...
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Two Organs Short: The Finlay Clause
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Raising a child with a rare type of diabetes. Saturday, August 25, 2012. As parents we are the best advocates for our children. When a child has a rare disease that advocacy becomes all the more important. The nature of our children means that from time to time situations will arise where our children are not catered for. That has amounted to a bit of a lottery. So I found myself firing off a detailed email. Pointing out that their proposal would leave some diabetics without the care they need. Havin...
