https://www.cnet.com/news/when-diabetes-is-your-life-tech-and-a-little-diy-can-help/

It was an idyllic scene, one that stands in stark contrast to just six months earlier, when Ruby, who had exhibited few symptoms other than inordinate hunger and thirst, was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. What followed was a six-day baptism of fire as Ruby was stabilized and forced to deal with her mortal dread of needles, while Kathryn and her husband underwent sleepless nights and a crash course in endocrinology.

"It was like having a new-born baby, but it's even harder, because you weren't expecting it," she told me. Life suddenly became about monitoring, calculating, injecting, and planning around eating, exercise and school -- all on no sleep and all totally out of the blue.