HOTSPOT MEDIA - BEAUTY QUEEN ACID SCARE: Miss England finalist, Karla Fitzpatrick, 19, at the Miss England contest. A MISS England finalist has told how she nearly didn’t make it up the catwalk after her insulin pump turned her blood to ACID. Diabetic beauty Karla Fitzpatrick was heading into a coma when the gadget that changed her life looked set to end it when it stopped working properly. The pump attached to her leg slowly drips feed insulin into her body at a steady rate and means she doesn’t have to inject herself or test her blood sugar levels throughout the day. But when she woke up parched and her levels were dangerously high, her mum rushed her to hospital, where she was told her blood was like acid because the pump was deficient. .... SEE HOTSPOT MEDIA COPY 0121 551 1004
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