The Life-Changing Dexcom G6 for Ellie

Kia ora! My incredible friend, Ellie, has suffered from type 1 diabetes for over 18 years now. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that effects the production of insulin in the pancreas which is essential hormone that controls the glucose levels in your blood and helps to store food for energy. Currently, she needs to do regular blood glucose tests via finger pricks, inject regular doses of insulin, and constantly monitor food and carbohydrate/sugar intake daily.

She has a heart of gold and always puts others before herself, including her wild and beautiful three year old daughter, Isla. She is an amazing single mum who works incredibly hard at everything she does, and is currently starting up her own cakery business. Alongside all of this is the struggle to monitor and manage diabetes to ensure she doesn't end up back in hospital, vomiting or passing out.

There is hope though! In a recent trial of the Dexcom G6, her daily life was changed. The Dexcom is a continuous blood glucose monitor that has a tiny wire sensor that sits in the tissue just under the skin and takes a blood glucose reading as frequently as every 5 minutes and then transmits this data to either a smart device or an insulin pump. It also automatically controls your insulin to prevent you from having too low or too high blood sugars.

Unfortunately the DexComG6 is not funded and costs around $5000 a year or $100 per week, which is unaffordable for her. So we need your help!