It’s the night before Christmas, and all through the house

Not a creature is sleeping, not even the mouse

Benjamin Smith is snuggled in his bed upstairs

Dreaming and hoping for the insulin pump he could wear.

Mom and dad lay listlessly in their bed

Thoughts of the future careening through their heads

No sugar, no sweets, not even a little

Benjamin’s diabetes has become way too brittle.

If Benjamin does not get an Insulin pump soon

His blood sugars and future are up in the air like a balloon

Never a night do mom and dad sleep through,

They do not know how Benjamin might do

His diabetes causes him to have seizures at night

There is no control and there seems to be no end in sight

"Why can’t we just find a way to get this insulin pump device? "

Mom and Dad have already sold everything they had that was nice.

Why should a little boy be so sick?

That his fingers and arms are constantly pricked.

The needles and tests that Ben desperately needs,

Middle of the night needles and then the quick feeds.

Mom and Dad fear the diabetes complications,

Dialysis, Blindness, neuropathy and perhaps limb amputations

What kind of a life do they have before them for Ben?

How can they pay for the now and the then?

The budget strained, Christmas is bleak

Ben doesn’t have to creep downstairs in the night to take a peak

The rest of the kids are asking for toys

Benjamin just thinks he has been a bad boy

He cannot get the one thing he asked for this year

An Insulin Pump the cost is too dear

A device which can make such a difference to a child who is insulin dependent.

The changes in diabetes control is clearly evident

Benjamin’s eyes are filled with big tears;

To him this is the worst for all his 8 years.

An insulin pump, it seems pretty simple, it works and it could make things much better.

A simple gesture, please make insulin pump funding available because of our letters