Case study: Kitty

Victoria Jacobs' daughter Kitty was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of two-and-a-half. 'It happened very suddenly. We noticed she was very thirsty, but I thought that it was just summer. But my husband was suspicious, because his brother was diabetic. She didn't have any other symptoms, such as tiredness or losing weight. We did a finger-prick blood test on her uncle's machine and it was off the scale, so we took her to the doctor who referred her for a blood test. It only takes one drop of blood to show that you are diabetic - so I had...