Hi there ... my son is also type one diabetes... he panicked at first too .. mind you l was like that to in those first days ... but my daughter in law said. . No more panicking... no more "what ifs"  we'll cope with things as and when they come up ... and we'll do it together ... it worked a treat ... once we stopped and l got my head round everything .. it helped everyone else ... 

My granddaughter who was 5 we told her gentle honesty .. Nanny had to go in hospital as they were going to TRY to make me better ... l answered her questions without going into detail ... she was fine cos she saw me coping ... my son is now really chilled as he saw how things were going .. 

I think l remember McMillan do a children's book .. and on the home page here at the bottom is a place on how to talk to children about cancer ... there's lots of us on here all with one aim... kicking cancers butt ... we go through all those feelings ... and it's o.k to all admit your scared ... but get together and walk this path holding each others hand ... and once you can do that, you just might see his blood sugar reading getting back to normal ... you can do this ... together ... take care Chrissie x