Days after Strictly exit, Dame Sarah Storey reveals son Charlie, nine, has Type 1 diabetes like his sister and father
Dame Sarah Storey, who spent her first week off the Strictly dancefloor in hospital after son Charlie, nine, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes — the same condition as his sister Louisa and their father.Dame Sarah Storey with son Charlie, who is already calculating his own insulin dosages and doing his own injections since his diagnosis.
Charlie Storey is already giving himself injections and working out his own dosages, his Paralympian mother says. She rushed home to care for him after he was admitted to hospital with very high blood sugar. Her husband Barney and daughter Louisa, 13, both live with the condition. Louisa was diagnosed just 12 months ago, and Dame Sarah said: 'You always hope that it might miss one of them.'
She captioned her Instagram video: 'Sometimes higher powers are at play.'
Dame Sarah and partner Julian Caillon lost a tango dance-off to Bethany Antonia.
By Sunday, Charlie was 'planning the rest of his half term out as normal again'.
