Tymur is terrified of finger punctures

Tymur has always been an active child: he was fond of outdoor games and computer quests, and he loved learning and studying English. A year ago, he, like all other children, enjoyed eating sweets – now even ordinary food requires careful carbohydrate counting and insulin injections. It's all because of type I diabetes, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy pancreatic cells, undermining insulin production.

Nothing foreshadowed trouble when the boy began to change rapidly: he became aggressive, weak and exhausted, lost his appetite, and rapidly lost weight. Tymur's body was covered with small wounds that hardly healed. The family doctor recommended taking vitamins and walking more. Only the results of the tests showed that the boy's blood sugar level was twice the normal level. At the time of his admission to the emergency department, his blood sugar level was five times higher than normal, and he was on the verge of coma.

Doctors spent two weeks trying to stabilize Tymur's condition in the intensive care unit. The boy has an aggressive form of diabetes – due to the rapidity of changes in sugar levels, it needs to be monitored around the clock. For the measurement, the frequency of which can reach up to twenty times a day, you need to prick your finger with a glucometer. Tymur is terrified – every time he runs away from his parents, sometimes he even tries to free himself with his fists. Stress makes his blood sugar rise even higher.

However, there are devices that have become a ray of hope for the whole family – those that save Tymur from the fear of painful measurements, and his parents from the suffocating fear of uncertainty. These are continuous glucose monitoring sensors, which are installed for two weeks and allow monitoring blood sugar levels throughout the entire period without any unnecessary pain. They allowed the family to leave behind the blue fingers from punctures and swollen eyes from tantrums, but instead gave them another problem. The sensors are not cheap, and the IDP family from Bakhmut cannot afford them, each new device is a devastating blow to their budget. At his very young age, Tymur has already seen and experienced hundreds of times more hurt, pain and fear than any child should – help him grow up and learn about the world in happiness, affection and peace!