Best friends: Van As plays with Charlie Robot, which is helping to teach him about managing his diabetes at the Gelderse Vallei hospital in Ede, the Netherlands.
NETHERLANDS: Cheeky Ruben van As is just seven and learning to read. But thanks to his new knee-high buddy Charlie robot he can expertly measure his blood sugar and count carbohydrates in a glass of milk.
Such skills could be life-savers for the blonde Dutch boy diagnosed with childhood diabetes just over a year ago.
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