DANIIs GIFT – A win for diabetes sufferers
DANII Meads-Barlow died in her sleep in the week she was to start the HSC because she couldn’t access technology that would have managed her type 1 diabetes and saved her life. “She went to bed a happy, healthy 17-year-old with a blood sugar level of 12.2, which is safe to go to bed,” says her mother Donna. “When I went to wake her at 6.30am to go to school she had passed away during the night.” Danii’s blood glucose level had dropped so quickly…