Tuesday, 28 June 2016

My life with Diabetes.

Hi, my name is Ethan and I am diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed on the thirtieth of november 2009 at age 2. I thought at first it would be hard but with all the support I have had from then till now it has been a bit of an adventure. I got diagnosed while my Mum and Dad were in Fiji. I was at home with my sister and my grandma. It was quite late and I was screaming and crying and throwing up all the time. I was also drinking heaps of water. My Grandma had been a nurse so she took me to the hospital and got a babysitter for my sister Isabelle.

When Mum and Dad found out I had Diabetes, they booked the first flight back to Auckland and then one to New Plymouth.

I didn’t really understand what was going on apart from the fact that it was about me.
I can remember one thing when I was in the children's ward. I was stuck in there pretty much all day just watching TV. Hooray! Everyone wants to watch TV, right? Not me. I prefer building with lego and drawing. Luckily I was occasionally allowed to build lego or draw but not very often.

The first diabetic I met was a boy named Cody. He had been diagnosed with diabetes for quite a while. He is one of my best friends.




Some of you are probably wondering ‘What is diabetes?’
Diabetes is when the bodies immune system thinks that the beta cells in the pancreas are germs and the immune system destroys the beta cells. The pancreas and beta cells produce Insulin but without the beta cells the pancreas cannot produce insulin. Whenever you eat most foods they break down into different parts. One of those parts is called Glucose. Most people can just eat food with glucose and their pancreas will produce the insulin for them. The glucose and insulin will produce energy. Then you can go run around or something and burn that energy.

Quite a lot of people in the world think that just because we are diagnosed with diabetes, we can’t do things that normal people can do. That’s not true because I ski and surf and do extreme sports. My everyday life is just like everyone else’s. I got to school,play sport,eat food and all that kinda stuff. I’ll give you a small list of sports I have done and do. Mountain biking, Rugby, Cricket, swimming, skiing, Tai kwon do, tramping and surfing.

Sometimes testing and carb counting can mess up my day a bit, but I can still have fun with everyone. Sometimes I have to leave what i’m doing to go test but I can always come back. This all leads up to one thing: Diabetes will not stop us!




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Thursday, 26 May 2016

2016 Term 2 week 4 Reflection


I’m proud of my maths this week because I have 2 new goals for week 5. Square roots and factors. I am excited because it is going to be really challenging and I enjoy a challenge.

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

What is a Pepeha By Ethan L Aidan G and Luca

This is our video about what is a Pepeha and why the maori used it. Aidan G is the one on the right, Ethan L is the one on the left and Luca is the on in the middle. We hope by the end of this you know what a pepeha is. Hope you enjoy.

Thursday, 18 February 2016

My Avatar

My avatar is a rockstar because I love Music and Guitar and it is something I want to do in the future.
I have a great music teacher called Ross. My dream is to become a rockstar.  I  have an electric guitar at home and I play it all the time. I was very happy that we got to make our avatar out of lego and tell people what we love and who we are.

Thursday, 11 February 2016

My Favourite room in my house

                 My favourite room in my house has to be the kitchen. One of the reasons it’s my favourite is because its always has tasty food in there. Mum says she is sure I stay in there 24/7. 
My favourite food in there is definitely steak and bread= Steak Sandwich! But it’s definitely (tr Cough ue) that I stay in there (24 cough, cough 7)    

Offline vs online By Ethan L

By Ethan L
  Online Vs Offline
                     Online
       Online I am a gamer  I Love to chat to my friends online. I watch youtube and also love to write books. I Play Minecraft and Five nights at Freddies.         
Offline
Offline I like to play rugby and cricket. I love to read and play board games. I swim, play guitar and do Tae Kwon Do.

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

My Best Piece Of Writing

My writing goal is to use different story structure in my writing. I wrote this story for my dad because he likes adventures. I laid it out using paragraphs and whenever someone new is speaking I enter down one line. Does it make sense? Does my writing have enough paragraphs?