Denise Jonas risked everything to support her sons
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00:30We really were struggling, and we were playing roulette, you know, on the boys.
00:49His behavior was changing, he was starting to thin out, but I thought, you know, maybe
01:11he's just having a growth spurt.
01:12I saw him from behind, he had taken off his shirt to get ready for bed, my breath left
01:16me.
01:17He looked so emaciated.
01:18I just couldn't sleep that night.
01:20I told my husband, I've got to get him to the doctor, something is wrong.
01:29The doctor immediately said, you have diabetes.
01:31It was such a shock to all of us, and Nick just immediately began to just cry and ask
01:36the question, am I going to die?
01:38As a parent, I felt such just shame, and I felt fear, and I was also just overwhelmed
01:44with guilt.
01:45It doesn't have to change your life in such a drastic way that you can't achieve your
01:56dreams and goals.
02:16I mean, my whole goal in life was to be a great mom and be a good, supportive, loving
02:22wife, and I didn't have my own personal career, and I didn't necessarily wrap myself around
02:28their careers, but I tried to be supportive of what I could do for them.
02:42I love my brothers to death.
02:45There were moments I thought, they'll never speak to me again.