Paediatricsmiddle twist
An 11-year-old girl has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and will start insulin today. She is quiet, and her only questions are whether the injections will hurt, whether her friends will be able to tell, and whether she can still swim at the school carnival next week. She has not yet started puberty. Her parents take you aside and ask you to explain the long-term complications of diabetes to her so that she takes the condition seriously. Which one of the following approaches to explaining her illness is most appropriate?