A mother and father in Pennsylvania have been arrested after they allegedly failed to obtain and provide insulin to their 13-year-old diabetic son, causing him to be hospitalized twice in one week, the second time landing him in the intensive care unit for several days.

Anthony Diffendall, 41, and Meghan Diffendall, 36, both from Middletown, were taken into custody last week and charged with one count each of endangering the welfare of a child.

The Lower Swatara Township Police Department announced the arrests in a pair of brief Thursday news releases , saying the mother and father were being charged due to "an incident that was reported to us."

The victim lives with Type 1 diabetes and was admitted to the hospital on June 22 and Sept. 9 for treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis, according

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