Mightier than Type One : #SuperheroShoutout It's time to meet some of the people with Type One Diabetes. This is Alfie, he was diagnosed with T1 in June 2015 aged 4 and a half. He had a virus then for next 2 weeks he was constantly hungry adn drinking sports bottle after sports bottle of water he was being grumpy, didn't notice at the time but lost weight. I took him to the doctors not sure what it was but knew it wasn't right he did a urine sample and straight away we were told he had type one diabetes I just burst into tears I never imagined in the world it would be diabetes! Went straight to hospital and my little soldier took it all in his stride he had drank so much water his sodium levels were dangerously low so had over night stay with them limiting him to 50mls of squash to help bring them up, that was the only thing that upset him. He was so brave! Us as parents felt like our world was falling apart, but he just took it in his stride even now with the hypers or hypos he just sails through. I am and always will be proud of this amazing boy & all the children fighting this every day. Laura Parker (Alfie's Mum) To be featured, please send a message to bethan@missionfindacure.com