Hanna was diagnosed a week before her 6th birthday. Her life had quickly turned from carefree Sunday ice cream desserts to needles, blood tests and multiple daily finger pokes. After 5 months of living with this, I overheard her asking her older sister if she would still be happy if she had diabetes…Her sister promptly answered `no`…
A few days later (and obviously after a lot of reflecting on the issue) Hanna told me that although she has diabetes, she is still happy because she has her family…
She is and will always be my hero.