DAISY Slatter, five, is the youngest person in Scotland to receive a life-changing insulin pump to treat her type 1 diabetes.
The devices, which are programmed to administer the correct amount of insulin without the need for injections, are now being rolled out to all eligible children under the age of 18 – estimated to be around 480 youngsters.
Daisy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in November 2007 when she was 18 months old, and her father Tim said that despite a "strict regime" of hourly blood testing, diet control and four insulin jags a day, her blood sugar levels were very erratic.
She began insulin pump therapy on September 29, 2008, and Mr Slatter said this immediately helped.
"It really did help to stabilise Daisy's blood sugar levels and was noticeable within hours of the pump first being fitted," he said.
The Scottish Government is giving funding of at least £1 million to help NHS boards deliver insulin pumps to children and triple the number of devices available to all Scots to 2000 over the next three years.
