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How a child's chronic illness transforms parental love into constant fear

My teenage son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and I lie awake checking his blood sugar, afraid he won't wake up in the morning.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Protective instinct becomes a prison when the threat lives inside the beloved's own body, making love and terror indistinguishable.

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