Entitled parent forces me to give toy to her brat, but it's my insulin pump.

So I'm a type 1 diabetic. This means that my body doesn't produce any insulin, and I have to get it from an external source.

The source that works best for me is a pump, which is connected to my body.

Without insulin, I would die a rather nasty and painful death.

I can disconnect the pump for short periods to shower, change, among other things, but 99% of the

time it's connected to my body. I usually wear the pump on my waistband. This allows me to

easily access it and make changes to my insulin as needed.

I was over at my mother-in-law's house when my pump had an alert.

My blood sugar was trending low, and this can be quite serious, so it's a loud and demanding alarm.

I cleared the alert and grabbed a few fruit snacks to raise my blood sugars.

My five-year-old nephew heard the alert and asked me what it was,

and I told him. I explained that it's a medical device that I wear to keep me healthy. The child

considers this and then holds out his hand demanding to see. I refuse, since it's a medical

device that I need to live. Beyond that, he's not gentle with anything and breaks most of his toys

very quickly. I tell him no again, and knowing that he rarely hears that word, move my pump from

my waistband to clip it into my bra. This way, he can't just grab it, which is absolutely

something that he would do. The kid starts crying and wailing to his mother, so she comes

running. She screams at me asking what I did. I just shrugged and said that I told him no,

he couldn't have my insulin pump. She scoffed at me and told me to just hand it over. I can go for

a little bit and my nephew deserves to see it. I should be stimulating his natural

curiosity instead of trying to hamper it. I refuse again and tell her to drop it. It's not going to happen.

But he's a child! Now, I've dealt with them before, so I know that she's not going to be able to drop it.

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