Chrissy Teigen Reveals Six-Year-Old Son Diagnosed With Health Condition
Chrissy Tiegen recently revealed her son Miles (6) has Type 1 Diabetes. She took to Instagram to share this sad news with her fans.
“A lot of you noticed something a little special about a photo I posted a few days ago — Luna, Miles and I celebrating Simone and team USA.”
“Miles had his arm up, and soooo many of you reached out to say the most beautiful and incredible words I have ever witnessed on this platform. You noticed his type-1 diabetes monitor and extended so much love and encouragement in every way possible. I was, and am, so blown away by the kindness of this community, already.”
Teigen continued “things could be so much worse,” and her family feels blessed to have the help of a specialist.
“A couple weeks ago, our Miles was sick, in the hospital, with a terrible case of shigella, an intestinal infection caused by bacteria in food or water. A lot of his friends were also sick with it, as they went to the same camp and well, it happens!”
“But the doctors knew something else was off about his blood tests. I’ve learned since then that this is how so many young children end up being diagnosed with type-1 — going to the hospital for something completely different.”
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“After more testing, we learned he is in the ‘honeymoon period’ of a lifetime of T1,” Teigen added. “Last night we gave him his first shot of insulin and here we go! A different, new world for us and we are certainly learning so much on the fly.”
“This post is to thank you so much for your kindness. It helps Miles so much to know so many other people are going through the same thing and he is not alone.”
The reason this all came up is because Teigen and her family were at the Olympics, and she posted a previous picture on July 28. The picture was of Teigen, and her two oldest kids cheering for Simone Biles in her gymnastics competition. Miles is in the picture holding up a sign, and fans on Instagram noticed he had an insulin pump on his upper arm.
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The former model said they had given Miles his first shot the previous evening and read a bedtime story called “Year One With Type One.” This is a kids book about a 4-year-old with diabetes.
Teigen is married to singer John Legend. They have four kids. Their oldest is 8-year-old daughter Luna, Miles is 6, Esti is 18 months, and Wren is 1-year-old. The couple had Wren via surrogate.
In 2020, the family experienced a horrible loss when Teigen lost baby Jack at 20 weeks. She was suffering some pregnancy complications due to a partial placenta abruption.
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