The Mom Who Kept the Jonas Brothers From Falling Apart

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.