Well WORTH Praising Him for .....

[righteousdude2]

I couldn't let this BLESSING go by without sharing it.....

When we had Skittles, she served as my Diabetes Alert Dog, and saved me numerous times pointing out sugar highs and lows. When Skittles passed away three years ago (this April) I thought I lost my Medical Alert assistance by way of pooch!

Well, as you know, We adopted Pixel, and after three years of bonding with her, over the past year, she has developed the knack of alerting me to sugar highs and lows too! Which is a definite PRAISE the LORD moment in my life.

Well, last week, while sleeping, I was woke up with Pixel sticking her nose practically down my mouth/throat. I pushed her away, and petted her, thinking what a sweetheart, waking me with a kiss. BUT, after a minute or two, I thought to myself, "Hey! Do you think she may be alerting me to my sugar levels?" So, I got up and checked my numbers, and Praise the Lord, she had alerted me to a 301 sugar level, which is extremely high! I took a shot of insulin,and stabilized my numbers, and immediately praised and loved Pixel up for the alert.

What she has been doing for more than a year now was not kissing me out of affection, but rather alerting me to sugar highs and lows.

Join me in thanking God for sending me another Diabetic Alert Dog. All I can say is, God is so very good! And so is Pixel...

 

[JonC]

I couldn't let this BLESSING go by without sharing it.....

When we had Skittles, she served as my Diabetes Alert Dog, and saved me numerous times pointing out sugar highs and lows. When Skittles passed away three years ago (this April) I thought I lost my Medical Alert assistance by way of pooch!

Well, as you know, We adopted Pixel, and after three years of bonding with her, over the past year, she has developed the knack of alerting me to sugar highs and lows too! Which is a definite PRAISE the LORD moment in my life.

Well, last week, while sleeping, I was woke up with Pixel sticking her nose practically down my mouth/throat. I pushed her away, and petted her, thinking what a sweetheart, waking me with a kiss. BUT, after a minute or two, I thought to myself, "Hey! Do you think she may be alerting me to my sugar levels?" So, I got up and checked my numbers, and Praise the Lord, she had alerted me to a 301 sugar level, which is extremely high! I took a shot of insulin,and stabilized my numbers, and immediately praised and loved Pixel up for the alert.

What she has been doing for more than a year now was not kissing me out of affection, but rather alerting me to sugar highs and lows.

Join me in thanking God for sending me another Diabetic Alert Dog. All I can say is, God is so very good! And so is Pixel...

Glad you are OK, and know your "alarm" works. I hope you gave Pixel a good treat.

How do the dogs detect these levels?

 

[JonC]

Actually, I'm reading about it. This is amazing. I did not know dogs could be trained to detect changes in body chemistry.

 

[HatedByAll]

A diabetic with a high enough blood glucose level will often have breath that smells like they have been drinking. People can smell this and thus many diabetics have had to take a breathalyzer test after a traffic stop even though they have not drank a drop. If an officer can smell that chemical change in a diabetic, there is no doubt that a dog could smell that smell.

I know with lows, it can often make you sweat like a marathon runner. I imagine a feline can smell that sweat long before you wake up and have to change the bedding.

 

[righteousdude2]

Glad you are OK, and know your "alarm" works. I hope you gave Pixel a good treat.

How do the dogs detect these levels?

I don't understand how they do it, but, I AM JUST BLESSED that they do! A lot has to do with being tightly bonded with the dog. This way they seem to know you physically and emotionally. This kiddo, and the one I had for years, prior to Pixel, had the gift, and saved my life several times over! I was extremely close to both of them, and they seemed to sense my emotonal ups and downs as well as the diabetes!