Erie teen with diabetes missing, at risk of having serious health … – The Denver Channel

ERIE, Colo. A diabetic teen in Erie has gone missing and police are asking for your help to find her.

Patience Lee Thompson, 16, was reported as a runaway from her home in the area of Moffat and Main Streets at around 1:09 a.m. Saturday.

Thompson was last seen at 11:45 p.m. by her sister, Erie police said in a news release.

Thompson is a Type-1 diabetic and takes a dose of insulin every 24 hours, but police said she may not have enough to meet her daily requirements, adding the dose she took with her would be only be used if her sugar levels were outside of her normal level during the day.

She is described as 5-feet-5 tall, weighing approximately 140 pounds. She has shoulder-length brown hair and blue yes. She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black sweat pants with two white strips on one leg.

Patience has likely been more than 24 hours without her daily dose of insulin and is at-risk for serious health problems, police said in a statement.

Anyone with information as to her whereabouts is asked to call Erie Police through the Boulder County Dispatch at (303) 441-4444.

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