A few days before the war

Sociable and cheerful, Oleksiy has been living with type 1 diabetes for three years. The guy was diagnosed on February 22, 2022, a few days before the outbreak of full-scale war. Oleksiy was admitted to the regional hospital with severe exhaustion. When he took a blood sugar test, he immediately heard the diagnosis. Nobody can say what exactly caused the diabetes. Perhaps each virus the boy suffered gradually worsened the situation. Since then, the family's life has changed dramatically and become more complicated. Current expenses have increased, worries and anxieties have been added, because the right compensation is a very complicated equation. Sugar can change due to the weather, mood, experiences, food. And you need to take all this into account and make decisions quickly.

His mother did not accept her son's diagnosis right away. She believes that there will be a cure for this disease. More recently, to control sugar, you had to go to the laboratory, then glucometers appeared for every patient. Now there are continuous monitoring devices that allow you to see your sugar level in real time without daily finger pricking.

Oleksiy has learned to live with this disease. Now he feels good, plays football and tries to compensate for his sugar as much as possible, although it is not always possible. To avoid complications, he needs continuous monitoring sensors. He also needs to undergo periodic examinations. And this requires a lot of money. The mother is raising her son on her own, and his father died when the boy was not even 6 years old. The mother cannot cope with the financial costs on her own.