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It’s basically a diabetic pump but with a different life-sustaining drug in it.” Custard Queen will be the star of the next book. Because it’s a rare 1 in 100,000 condition the pump is not available on the NHS. She survives by taking four tablets a day. “All of the money the book makes will go towards getting Molly the treatments and medication she needs.

It’s very confusing and has too many steps for an emergency. We have an old-style injection – a syringe, two-inch needle and a glass vial with the medication in. “She could die within 30 minutes of a trauma without it. Like diabetics needs insulin, people with allergies have EpiPens, Molly needs cortisol in an emergency. “I work with people around the world trying to raise awareness of the condition and am working with a team to create an emergency injection. Rachel hopes the books will raise much-needed money for research into Molly’s condition. The first Biscuits story was published last month and tells the story of Mr Richard Tea: “He’s quite a grumpy Biscuit and lives in Crumbletown – there will eventually be around 20 stories about the characters who live there, and I’ve just started illustrating the story of Custard Queen,” said Rachel. She has ME, diabetes and other conditions too, and spends all day in her chair, too poorly and without energy to do anything.” Mr Richard Tea is the first book in the series.

“She is dependent on drugs now, and because she was not diagnosed at birth her body is shattered. “Her brain does not send signals to her thyroid, adrenal gland or growth hormone. “Molly is 22 now and has hypopituitarism, a life-threatening illness, that went undiagnosed for the first 14 years of her life,” explained Rachel. Rachel, who has worked as an artist and illustrator for 30 years, came up with the idea for The Biscuits whilst shielding with her daughter, Molly.

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Illustrator Rachel Pegler spent much of last year’s lockdown inventing a series of book characters to help raise funds for her daughter’s chronic health condition.

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