Violet Gray is only six, but already she’s showing what a big sister does when her younger brother faces a serious illness – she acts.
The Iramoo Primary School pupil is raising funds to help find a cure for the type 1 diabetes that causes her brother, Ethan, 3, to have daily insulin injections.
His condition, diagnosed earlier this year, can have dire consequences, as Violet saw a few weeks ago when a routine case of gastroenteritis led to him being hospitalised because of his insulin levels.
Violet will take part in this year’s Walk to Cure Diabetes with her mother, Tania Gray, 27, grandmother Susan Wesson, 49, and great-grandmother Rhoda Primrose, 70.
The walk is around Albert Park Lake on October 20 to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
“I would like to find a cure for this disease and that would mean I helped my brother get better,” Violet said.
“I personally hope to raise $500 and Team Ethan, as we call ourselves, is halfway towards our goal of $2000.”
